Adolf Altmann was a son of Max Altmann and Hanni Polak. He studied at the local yeshiva and later completed his training as a rabbi in Presburg. He married Malvine Klein in 1903, and the couple had six children. Adolf Altmann was awarded a doctorate in philosophy in Bern and from 1907 to 1914 he worked as a rabbi in Salzburg, where he published several articles on Jewish culture. In 1914 he went to Merano to work as a rabbi there.
During the First World War he combined this with the position of army rabbi, and in 1920 he became the Chief Rabbi of Trier. He remained in this post until 1938, when he and his family escaped to the Netherlands. The Altmanns initially settled in Scheveningen. Shortly after the German invasion they moved to Groningen, and later they were forced to move to Amsterdam.
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In 2006 memorial stones are placed in Trier for Adolf Altmann and his family. For additional information and photos, see: Stolpersteine erzählen, Ein Wegbegleiter zu den Mahnmalen für Nazi-Opfer auf den Bürgersteigen der Stadt Trier (2006)
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