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Moritz Güdemann
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “austrian rabbi”. Today it says “austrian rabbi and historian”.
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Moritz Güdemann ( ; February 19, 1835 – August 5, 1918) was an Austrian rabbi and historian. His most important work is Geschichte des Erziehungswesens und der Cultur der abendländischen Juden während des Mittelalters und der neueren Zeit .1
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austrian rabbi
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austrian rabbi and historian
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