David Spitzer

(Vienna 1878 - Theresienstadt 1943)

On the occasion of the simultaneous restitution of his books, an article about Dr. Spitzer was published on the International Day of Provenance Research 2022 in Retour - Freier Blog für Provenienzforschende, see → Dr. David Spitzer – der letzte Rabbiner in Franzensbad / Františkovy Lázně.

The identified books from David Spitzer's possession are an anthology as well as the work Die schönsten Lieder der Ostjuden (1920).

At the request of the descendants, the two books are now part of the Spitzer Family Papers (Brandeis University, Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections, see collection description and finding aid).