Individual Details

Rabbi Samuel "Shmelke" Kornitzer

(29 Jul 1905 - 25 Feb 1941)

הגאון רבי שמואל שמלקה קורניצר ראש בית דין בקראקא, נולד תרס"ה בסעליש. נשא לאשה את מרת פרל בת ר' פייבל טירקל שזוגתו לאה היתה בתו של הגאון רבי יעקב וידנפלד מהרימלוב. היו לו שני בנים ושתי בנות. מיד עם פטירת אביו נתמנה לדיין, והוא אך בן עשרים ושמונה שנים, ואחרי שנתיים עלה לכהן כראש בית הדין וממלא מקום הרב. היה בין הראשונים שנהרגו באושוויץ בראשית אדר תש"א, והוא בן שלושים וחמש שנים. אשתו ושלש מילדיו יעקב משה ומרים ויוסף נחמיה ברחו לורשה, ונהרגו באלול תש"ב. רק בת אחת חנה שיינדל ניצלה.

Events

Birth29 Jul 1905סעליש, Sevlus (Sojlesch)
Marriage1929Tarnopol, Krakow, Malopolskie, Poland - Chaya Perla "Perl" Türkl
Death25 Feb 1941Murdered in The Holocaust - Auschwitz, Poland
Alt nameShmelke
ResidenceKrakow, Malopolskie, Poland
OccupationReligious Judge, Chief Rabbi of Krakow

Families

SpouseChaya Perla "Perl" Türkl (1904 - 1942)
ChildChanah Sheindl Kornitzer
ChildMiriam Kornitzer (1931 - 1942)
ChildJoseph Nechmia Kornitzer (1932 - 1942)
ChildYaakov Moshe Kornitzer (1935 - 1942)
FatherJozef Nechemie Kornitzer (1880 - 1933)
MotherBreindel "Blanka" Klein ( - )
SiblingAkiva Kornitzer (1903 - 1921)
SiblingIsrael Shalom Kornitzer (1906 - )
SiblingRabbi Shimon Kornitzer (1907 - 1988)
SiblingMiriam Reizl Kornitzer (1908 - 1989)
SiblingDvora Gittel Kornitzer (1909 - )
SiblingChanna Sheindl Kornitzer (1910 - )
SiblingChaya Sarah Kornitzer (1911 - )

Notes

Marriage

Krakow JHI marriages 1877,93-99,1904-6,9,13,19,21,24,29

Death

Born in the city of Selish, the son of Breindel and Rabbi Yosef Nehemiah Kornitzer, rabbi of Karaka. Married to Pearl, daughter of Rabbi Shraga Fayvel Turkel and Leah, daughter of Rabbi Yaakov Wiedenfeld of Hrimlov (Perel's nephew is the judge Yaakov Turkel). After his father's death, in 1933, he was appointed a dean in Karaka, when he was twenty-eight years old. Two years later, in 1935, he was appointed head of the court and replaced his father in the rabbinate. Served as Rabbi for six years. In February 1941 (Adar 5571) perished in the Auschwitz concentration camp. A year later his wife and three of his four children perished. One daughter survived. His sister Hanna Scheindel was the wife of Shabbati Frankel. Another sister, Miriam Reizel, was the wife of Rabbi Menachem Zvi Eisenstadt, who was a member of the Karaka municipal council on behalf of Agudath Israel and after World War II immigrated to the United States and founded a yeshiva there.P vip.svg This entry is short about personalities. You are welcome to contribute to Wikipedia and expand it.