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Le grand Rabbin aumônier Abraham Bloch (The Chief Rabbi Abraham Bloch)
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer
1917
Rabbi Abraham Bloch was a French army chaplain, killed in 1914 while holding a crucifix for a dying Catholic soldier. In 1934 the French government erected a monument in his memory at the spot where he was killed.
Rabbi Abraham Bloch was a French army chaplain, killed in 1914 while holding a crucifix for a dying Catholic soldier. In 1934 the French government erected a monument in his memory at the spot where he was killed.
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Published in:The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.
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