Chaim Bloch, famous German-Jewish author and Chassidic scholar of Vienna has arrived in New York. Bloch is the author of many books on Kabbala and Chassidism and also wrote many Jewish folk songs.
Bloch was arrested by the Gestapo following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia and kept in the Karjangas concentration camp, assertedly because of his books “Against Lie and Libel,” and “Anti-Semitism in the Mirror of the Centuries.” All his works were confiscated, among them the Hebrew “Ozar Chaim,” an encyclopedia of the historic-cultural rabbinic responses.
Bloch brought with him a valuable collection of opinions by famous German statesmen and scientists on anti-Semitism and Jews, which was willed to him by the former Austrian Council member, Rabbi Dr. Joseph S. Bloch.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
