Leib Weissberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leib Weissberg

Croatian rabbi

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1893

Place of Birth: Probizhna, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1942

Profession: rabbi

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Leib Weissberg (January 9, 1893 – 1942) was a Slavonski Brod rabbi who was killed during the Holocaust. Weissberg was born in Probuzna (then part of Austria-Hungary) to Jewish parents Seide and Ehaja (née Ringel) Weissberg.
He was married to Adela (née Taubes) Weissberg with whom he had two sons: Samuel (born on April 25, 1933 in Brod na Savi) and Saadia (born on December 28, 1936 in Slavonski Brod).
Weissberg was educated at the rabbinical seminary "Israelitisch-theologische Lehranstalt Vienna".
He didn't know any Croatian when he arrived in Brod with his wife, but he quickly learned it.
Weissberg was a rabbi of the Jewish Community Slavonski Brod until World War II.
His wife would often replace him at religious classes.
Weissberg and his family were deported to Jasenovac concentration camp where they all were killed in 1942.
Weissberg was the last rabbi of Slavonski Brod until this day.