Joseph Norden

Rabbi Joseph Norden, (17.06.1970-7.02.1943). He lived in the "Judenhaus", Hamburg No. 13 Kielortallee, until his deportation on 15.07.1942. Dr. Joseph Norden was one of these deportees. In 1937, he was member of the Beth Din of the Israelitische Tempel-Verband (Israelite Temple Association), having succeeded Chief Rabbi Bruno Italiener, when he emigrated in 1938. (Beth Din = A rabbinical court, consisting of at least three dayanim, and having authority over such matters as divorce and conversion, and other communal ecclesiastical matters such as Kashruth. It may also try civil disputes with the consent of both parties). Apart from Chief Rabbi Dr. Joseph Carlebach, Dr. Norden was the only other rabbi in Hamburg who was deported. His last address in Theresienstadt was No. 15 Berggasse.