For the American Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, see Baron Hirsch Synagogue.
Maurice de Hirsch
Born
Moritz von Hirsch auf Gereuth
(1831-12-09)9 December 1831
Munich, Bavaria
Died
21 April 1896(1896-04-21) (aged 64)
Ógyalla, Austria-Hungary
Nationality
German
Other names
Baron de Hirsch
Occupation(s)
Financier and philanthropist
Known for
Jewish Colonization Association
Spouse
Clara Bischoffsheim
(m. 1855)
Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth (German: Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth; French: Maurice, baron de Hirsch de Gereuth; 9 December 1831 – 21 April 1896), commonly known as Maurice de Hirsch,[1] was a German Jewish financier and philanthropist who set up charitable foundations to promote Jewish education and improve the lot of oppressed European Jewry. He was the founder of the Jewish Colonization Association, which sponsored large-scale Jewish immigration to Argentina.
^Gerald Tulchinsky (2008), Canada's Jews: A People's Journey, University of Toronto Press, p. 83, ISBN 978-0-8020-9386-8
Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth (German: Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth; French: Maurice, baron deHirschde Gereuth; 9 December 1831 –...
ייִק"אַ), is an organisation created on September 11, 1891, by Baron MauricedeHirsch. Its aim was to facilitate the mass emigration of Jews from Russia...
Bavarian philanthropist Baron MauricedeHirsch in 1891 to help Jews from Russia and Romania to settle in Argentina. Baron deHirsch died in 1896 and thereafter...
philanthropist of the Bischoffsheim family. She was the wife of Baron MauricedeHirsch. Born at Antwerp, her father was Jonathan-Raphaël Bischoffsheim. Her...
synagogue. Temple DeHirsch was founded as a specifically Reform synagogue in 1899, named after Jewish philanthropist Baron MauricedeHirsch. Construction...
wealthy Baroness Clara deHirsch (née Bischoffsheim), wife of banker and philanthropist Baron MauricedeHirsch, and given the surname de Forest-Bischoffsheim...
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Baron Hirsch Cemetery is a large Jewish cemetery in the neighborhood of Graniteville, on Staten Island, in New York City, and named for Baron Mauricede Hirsch...
Baron MauricedeHirsch, a Jewish-French industrialist who amassed a fortune building railroads in Russia. After the death of his son, Hirsch resolved...
(1833–1899), married to MauricedeHirsch (1831–1896), banker, founder of the Jewish Colonization Association adopted Maurice Arnold de Forest-Bischoffsheim...
straits, they appealed to the German Jewish philanthropist Baron MauricedeHirsch, who founded the Jewish Colonization Association. In its heyday, the...
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United States, leaving Sonia and her brother in Liverpool at the Baron MauricedeHirsch School. Sonia joined her mother in the United States in 1892, after...
The line, which was 223 km long, was opened in 1866. In 1870 Baron MauricedeHirsch started the construction of the Constantinople – Luleburgaz - Edirne...
Association,[citation needed] a philanthropic organization founded by Baron MauricedeHirsch in 1891. In 1907 it is estimated there were 550 active pioneers. The...
administration were instrumental in making European Jews feel welcome. MauricedeHirsch sponsored the Jewish Colonization Association, initially promoted...
members of the set were generally spendthrifts. Among the bankers, MauricedeHirsch joined in 1890 after paying off Edward's debts and Ernest Cassel did...
which connected Istanbul to Vienna was awarded to Baron MauricedeHirsch (Moritz Freiherr Hirsch auf Gereuth), a Bavaria-born banker from Belgium. The...
became President. Howard with the three boys moved to the rue de Cirque adjacent to the Palais de l'Élysée, where she kept herself in the background as his...
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