Abraham Klausner

Abraham Klausner (1915 – June 28, 2007) was a Reform rabbi and United States Army captain and chaplain who became a “father figure” for the more than 30,000 emaciated survivors found at Dachau Concentration Camp, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Munich, shortly after it was liberated on April 29, 1945. He also cared for thousands more left homeless in camps as the victorious Allied Forces determined where they should go. Klausner was born in 1915 in Memphis, Tennessee and was raised in Denver, Colorado. He attended the University of Denver and, later, Hebrew Union College. He joined the United States Army and worked as a chaplain. Lieutenant Klausner (he would later be promoted to captain) was one of the first Jewish chaplains in the U.S....