Rabbi Morris J. Jacobowitz, who aided many Jews in France during the Nazi cocupation to escape and to hide from German scrutiny, died here at the age of 59. A native of Lackenbach, Austria, Rabbi Jacobowitz served in pulpits in Cologne, Germany, and Strasbourg, France.
Working with the French underground and with American Jewish and non-Jewish relief organizations from 1940-42, Rabbi Jacobowitz aided many Jews to flee France, hid others on farms and in private homes and in camps set up under the names of fictitious organizations. After fleeing to Switzerland in 1942, he served as a chaplain in verious Swiss refugee camps. He arrived in the United States in 1946 and engaged in teaching at various religious academies here.
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