Person DS/UK/2950 Altmann; Adolf (1879-1944); rabbi Altmann Adolf 1879-1944 rabbi

Adolf Altmann was born in Hunsdorf, Hungary, in 1879. He served as a rabbi in Salzburg from 1907 to 1915, and as Chief Rabbi in Trier from 1920 to 1938. He married Malwine Weisz, and they had six children between 1906 and 1915, although Edith died in 1914 aged just eight months. Adolf and some of the family emigrated to Holland in 1938, in the lead up to World War II and the rise of Jewish persecution under the Nazis. He was killed in Auschwitz in 1944 along with his wife, their son Wilhelm Altmann, and their daughter Hilda van Mentz. Adolf Altmann was survived by three of his sons: Alexander, Erwin, and Manfred. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes Kurt 11/06/2020 Kurt 11/06/2020 a73a0611-2ba0-47ce-8882-07c82f92a7e2