Abraham Klausner

Abraham Judah Klausner (* April 27, 1915 in Memphis, Tennessee, † 28 June 2007 in Santa Fe, New Mexico ) was a Reform Jewish rabbi, Rabbi field and Captain in the United States Army.

Life

Growing up in Denver, he attended the University of Denver and the Hebrew Union College and played as a military rabbi in the U.S. Army. In May 1945, he was one of the first people at the Dachau concentration camp, near Munich, arrived with the 116th Evacuation Hospital. He remained here a few weeks and traveled from July through Bavaria to locate survivors in other camps. He compiled lists of survivors ( Sharit ha - Platah ), which he sent to other camps.

At Harvard University, he earned his Ph.D., and then worked at the synagogue in Boston and from about 1964 to 1989 at Temple Emanu -El in Yonkers, NY.