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Emil Ludwig Fackenheim Ph.D. (22 June 1916 – 18 September 2003) was a noted Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi.Born in Halle Germany he was arrested by Nazis on the night of 9 November 1938 known as Kristallnacht. Briefly interned at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp (1938–1939) he escaped with his younger brother Wolfgang to Great Britain where his parents later joined him.

birth date
1916-06-22
birth place
German Empire, Halle (Saale), Province of Saxony
death date
2003-09-18
death place
Jerusalem, Israel
era
20th-century philosophy
influenced by
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
philosophicalSchool
Continental philosophy
region
Western philosophy

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