Leo Baeck Biography

Birth of Leo Baeck

Appointed President of the Union of German Rabbis

Appointed President of the Union of German Rabbis

Appointed Chairman of the Jewish Welfare Organisation

Appointed Chairman of the Jewish Welfare Organisation

Works to defend the Jewish community as President of the Reichsvertretung der Deutschen Juden. An umbrella organisation that unites German Jewry from 1933-1938

After the Reichsvertretung is disbanded during the November Pogrom, the Nazis reassemble the councils members under the Government controlled Reichsvereinigung

After the Reichsvertretung is disbanded during the November Pogrom, the Nazis reassemble the councils members under the Government controlled Reichsvereinigung

Leo Baeck heads this organisation as its president until his deportation in January 1943. After the Reichsvertretung is disbanded during the November Pogrom, the Nazis reassemble the councils members under the Government controlled Reichsvereinigung

Deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp

And after the camp is liberated by the Russians in May 1945, becomes the Jewish figure head as the Elder of the Jews

And after the camp is liberated by the Russians in May 1945, becomes the Jewish figure head as the Elder of the Jews

Appointed Chairman of the World Union for Progressive Judaism

The Leo Baeck Institute for the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry is established

Death of Leo Baeck