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Rav Mordechai Tzvi Cahana - Shapira, of Krakow

Polish: Mordka Hirsz Spira, of Krakow
Also Known As: "Mordka", "Hirsch", "Spiro", "Spira"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wodzislaw, Jędrzejów County, Swietokrzyskie, Poland
Death: 1943 (62-63)
Kraków, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Son of Rabbi Moshe Natan Kahana-Shapira and Szprinca Briendel Cahana - Shapira
Husband of Ester Cahana - Shapira
Father of Frumet Eiger; Rabbi David Kahana-Spiro; Lieutenant Colonel Yedidia Refael "Rafi" Shapira; Sprinca Breindla Spira; Izrael Spira and 2 others
Brother of Fajga Gitla Zynger; Rojza Spira and Szymon Szpira
Half brother of Hinda Lewenthal; Mirel Bornstein and Lea Spira

Occupation: Rabbi
Managed by: Yehuda Rubin
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About Rav Mordechai Tzvi Cahana - Shapira, of Krakow

Mordka Hirsch Spira was born in Wodzislaw, Poland in 07/02/1880. He was a jewish community worker and married to Estera nee Margulies. Prior to WWII he lived in Krakow, Poland. During the war he was in Krakow, Poland.

Address of permanent residence Dietla str. 25

This information is based on a List of persecuted persons, found in Card file of Jews in Krakow with German identity card ("Kennkarte") nos. 7001-7272, with personal details and photographs, 03/1941.

Fate (end 1945): murdered (see additional records)



Rabbi Mordechai Zvi Spiro was born in 1880 to Moshe and Sprinza nee Handelsman. He was a rabbi and married to Ester nee Margaliot. Prior to WWII he lived in Krakow, Poland. During the war he was in Krakow, Poland.

Rabbi Spiro was murdered in the Shoah (according to this source).

This information is based on Pages of Testimony (digital) (displayed here) submitted by his great-nephew, Moshe Nathan Rosenfeld and by his grandson, Yoram David Shpiro and

on a Record of murdered persons, found in O.41.3 - Names of Holocaust victims found in religious books housed in the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Yaakov Matatiahu Zeligfeld



Mordekhai Kahana was born in Poland in 1879 to Natan. He was a ABD and married to Ester. Prior to WWII he lived in Krakow, Poland. During the war he was in Krakow, Poland. Mordekhai was murdered/perished in 1943 in Krakow, Poland.
Details of his family are found in the book 'The Rav of Fürth', Jerusalem 2021

http://horabis.blogspot.co.il/2007/10/blog-post_9910.html

http://yizkor.nypl.org/index.php?id=1870 image 327

הוזכר באוצר הרבנים 14246, דורשי ציון בפועל עמ' 254, פסק הלכה שלו מוזכר בספר "מאמרי הצבי"


סימן ע,  בספר "מכתבי הרב מפירט זצ"ל" מזכירים את אבי המחבר, נועם יא, הסכמה בספר תיקון עולם

About Rav Mordechai Tzvi Cahana - Shapira, of Krakow (עברית)

הרב מרדכי צבי כהנא שפירא אב"ד קראקא

כהנא-שפירא, מרדכי צבי. בן משה נתן. תחילה היה אב"ד בבריגל-בז'סקו, שבגליציה המערבית, ואחר כך היה בוועד הרבנים בקרקוב. נספה בשואה. מקורות: ספר יזכור מייכוב, כרשניצה וקשוינז, עמ 248; פנקס הקהילות, לובלין.קיילצה, עמ 524;

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Rav Mordechai Tzvi Cahana - Shapira, of Krakow's Timeline

1880
February 7, 1880
Wodzislaw, Jędrzejów County, Swietokrzyskie, Poland
1899
1899
Poland
1901
1901
1907
February 10, 1907
Brzesko, Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
1912
January 7, 1912
Brzesko, Brzesko County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
1917
August 17, 1917
Nowe Brzesko, Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
August 17, 1917
Nowe Brzesko, Proszowice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
1943
1943
Age 62
Kraków, Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
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