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Baeck was born in Leszno , Poland and began his education near Breslau (then in Germany ) at the Conservative Jewish Theological Seminary in 1894 . He also studied philosophy in Berlin with Wilhelm Dilthey , served as a Rabbi in Oppeln , Düsseldorf , and Berlin , and taught at the Hochschule Für Die Wissenschaft Des Judentums (Higher Institute for Jewish Studies). In 1905 Baeck published ''The Essence of Judaism'', in response to A. Harnek's ''The Essence of Christianity''. This book, which interpreted and valorized Judaism through a prism of Neo-Kantianism tempered with religious existentialism, made him a famous proponent for the Jewish people and their faith. During World War I , Baeck was an Army Chaplain in the German Imperial Army. In 1933 , after the Nazis seized power, Baeck worked to defend the Jewish community as president of the Reichsvertretung Der Deutschen Juden . In 1943 , he was deported to the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp , where he was named honorary president of the Ältestenrat or Council of Elders. After the war, Baeck relocated to London , taught at Hebrew Union College in America, and eventually became Chairman of the World Union For Progressive Judaism . It was during this time he published his second great work, ''This People Israel'',which he partially penned during his imprisonment by the Nazis. In 1955 , the ''Leo Baeck Institute for the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry'' was established, and Baeck was the first international president of this institute. EXTERNAL LINKS Institutions named in honor of Leo Baeck
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