12 Facts About Abraham Luxemburg

Abraham Luxemburg was a Polish businessperson and patron of the Haskalah.

Abraham Luxemburg was married three times and had ten children, including Edward Luxemburg, the father of Rosa Luxemburg.

Abraham Luxemburg was born in Warsaw in the early 19th century, the son of Elisza and Szayndla Luxemburg, a poor Polish Jewish couple.

Abraham Luxemburg came into the world at a time when the Polish capital was occupied by the Russian Empire and Polish Jews faced increasing levels of antisemitism.

In 1828, Abraham Luxemburg married Chana Zslam and moved to Zamosc, a city with a predominantly Jewish population.

Abraham Luxemburg himself established a successful timber business in Zamosc and developed links with both the Russian east and German west.

Abraham Luxemburg's business made him a wealthy man, which allowed him to raise his family's social status and to support the nascent rise of Reform Judaism.

Abraham Luxemburg oversaw the assimilation of his own family into Polish society.

Abraham Luxemburg spoke the Yiddish and Polish languages, and taught his children both languages as well.

Abraham Luxemburg provided his sons with an education in Prussia.

Abraham Luxemburg then married her younger sister, Golda Lewinsztajn, but she too died only a year later.

In 1862, Abraham Luxemburg sold his house in Zamosc to his son Edward and moved back to Warsaw.