Sándor Büchler
{{Short description|Hungarian rabbi (1869–1944)}}
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Alexander Büchler ({{Langx|he|שאנדור ביכלר}}, {{Langx|hu|Bűchler Sándor}}; 24 September 1869 in Fülek (Fiľakovo), Kingdom of Hungary – July 1944 in Auschwitz){{cite book|last1=Frojimovics|first1=Kinga|last2=Komoróczy|first2=Géza |title=Jewish Budapest: Monuments, Rites, History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wUg6rlWS2kC&pg=PA174 |year=1999|publisher=Central European University Press|isbn=978-963-9116-37-5|page=174}} was a Hungarian rabbi and educator.
He is a son of the Talmudist rabbi Phineas Büchler of Mór. He was educated at the gymnasium in Székesfehérvár and at the university and the seminary of Budapest; he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1893 and was ordained as rabbi in 1895. In 1897 he was called to Keszthely.
Literary works
Büchler's works include essays on the history of the Jews in Hungary, published in the "Magyar Zsidó Szemle" and the "Österreichische Wochenschrift", and the following books:
- "Niederlassungen der Juden in Europa im XVI. und XVII. Jahrhundert, mit Besonderer Rücksichtauf Ungarn", Budapest, 1893 (in Hungarian);
- "Schay Lamoreh", "Kolel Miktebe Ḥakme Yisrael", Budapest, 1895 (in Hebrew);
- "History of the Jews in Budapest", 1901 (in Hungarian)
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External links
- [http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/egyeb/lexikon/eletrajz/html/ABC00523/02459.htm Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon 1000–1990] at www.mek.iif.hu {{in lang|hu}}
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Category:Hungarian people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp
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