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Duckesz, Eduard; Buber, Salomon, ; 1827-1906 : IVAH LE-MOSHAV: KOLEL TOLDOT HA-RABANIM SHE-YASHVU ‘AL KISE HA-RABANUT SHEL SHALOSH KEHILOT AHU, ALTONA, HAMBURG, VANDSBEK: ‘IM 24 TEMUNOT VE-TSIYURIM

Krakau, Yotse La-Or `al Yede S. A. Greber,, 1903

First edition. Later red boards. 8vo. 140, XXXIV pages; 23 cm. Written in Hebrew with forward in German. Title roughly translates to “History of the Rabbis Who Sat on the Chief’s Throne of the Three Communities: Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbeck: with Pictures and Drawings. ” Includes photographs, facsimiles, and illustrations. Eduard Duckesz was a “rabbi and scholar” who “became rabbi at the Klaus synagogue and dayyan in Altona, Germany. His scholarly efforts were devoted to the history of the three sister communities Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbeck. He fled to Holland in 1939 but was interned in Westerbork by the Nazis in 1943 and sent to the Auschwitz extermination camp in 1944 where he perished. Among Duckesz’ published works are Ivah le-Moshav, the first volume of which contains biographies and tombstone inscriptions of the rabbis who served in the three communities, with annotations by S. Buber” (Encyclopedia.com 2017) . Solomon Buber “was a Jewish Galician scholar and editor of Hebrew works. He is especially remembered for his editions of Midrash and other medieval Jewish manuscripts, and for the pioneering research surrounding those texts” (Wikipedia 2017) . SUBJECT(S) : Rabbis, Germany, Hamburg-AltonaSome edgewear and loose pages. Browning to pages. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Very good condition. (GER-51-83)

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