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    Title

  • Tan cap owned by Leo Baeck

  • Physical Description

    1 hat : cloth

  • Date

    19th century

  • Summary

    Light tan cap with needlework trim and detail on top.

  • Medium

    Accessories; Headgear

  • Part Of

    Leo Baeck Collection, AR 66

  • Accession Number

  • URL

Biographical/Historical Information

Born in Lissa (Leszno, Poland) on May 24, 1873, Leo Baeck studied at the universities of Breslau and Berlin, the Juedisch-theologisches Seminar, Breslau, and the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin. He received his doctorate in 1895 and rabbinical ordination in 1897, serving as a rabbi in Oppeln, Duesseldorf, and Berlin. He also lectured at the Hochschule and from 1933 to 1942 served as president of the Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden. Baeck was deported to Theresienstadt in 1943 and emigrated to Great Britain in 1945, where he became chairman of the World Union for Progressive Judaism and first president of the Leo Baeck Institute. Leo Baeck died in London on November 1, 1956.

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Citation

Tan cap owned by Leo Baeck, Leo Baeck Institute, 61.49.