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Grabstätte Simon Bernfeld
| Last and first name, if appl. birth name | Simon Bernfeld |
| Birth date and place | 06-Jan-1860 |
| Death date and place | 03-Feb-1940 |
| Family status | |
| Remarks | Rabbi. Simon Bernfeld (1860–1940) was a rabbi, scholar, and author. Bernfeld was born in Stanislav, Galicia, and was educated in Koenigsberg and Berlin. In 1886 he was appointed chief rabbi of the Sephardi community of Belgrade, Serbia, he remained there until 1894, when he returned to Berlin and devoted himself to scholarly pursuits. He continued his literary work until his death, despite blindness in his later years. Bernfeld wrote several monographs in Hebrew on Jewish history and philosophy |
| Cemetery | Berlin Weißensee jüdischer Friedhof |
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