Mark Wischnitzer Explained

Mark Wischnitzer
Birth Place:Rovno, Russian Empire
Birth Date:May 10, 1882
Death Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
Alma Mater:University of Vienna
University of Berlin
Occupation:Historian
Spouse:Rachel Wischnitzer

Mark Wischnitzer (May 10, 1882 – October 15, 1955) was a scholar of Jewish history.

Biography

Mark Wischnitzer was born on May 10, 1882, in Rovno, Russia. He studied at the University of Vienna and University of Berlin, and he received his doctorate in 1906. Wischnitzer served as editor of the history section of the Russian-language Jewish Encyclopedia from 1908 to 1913, and later as the editor of the Encyclopaedia Judaica published in Berlin.[1] He moved to Berlin, Germany, in 1921. There he served as Secretary General of the Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden until his immigration to France in 1938. In Paris from 1938 to 1940, he was a research associate of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Wischnitzer immigrated to the United States in 1941. From 1941 to 1949, he was a research associate for the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds. Starting in 1948, he was on the faculty of Yeshiva University as professor of Jewish history in the graduate school.

Mark Wischnitzer died on October 15, 1955, in Tel Aviv, Israel, of a heart attack. He was married to art historian Rachel Wischnitzer. They had one son, Leonard James.[2]

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  1. Web site: Dr. Mark Wischnitzer, Jewish Historian, Dies; Was 73 . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . 18 October 1955 . 13 May 2016.
  2. News: Dr. Wischnitzer, Jewry Historian : Professor at Yeshiva here, Expert on Russian Jews, Dies in Tel Aviv at 73 . The New York Times . 18 October 1955.