(1868 – 1931)

Rabbi and scholar, who was born in Cracow, where he received the traditional talmudic education. He later studied secular subjects in Berlin and philosophy and Semitics at Berne University. In the period 1899 – 1919 Günzig served as a rabbi in Loštice.

He left Loštice for Antwerp, where he became the head of Tahkemoni School. His scholarly work was mainly focused on the history of Haskalah (Jewish enlightenment) in Galicia, but he dealt with other subjects as well.

His published works include: Der Pessimismus im Judenthume (1899), Die Wundermanner im jüdischen Volke (1929), Das jüdische Schrifttum über den Wert des Lebens (1924). Günzig was also active as a bookseller and editor (Ha-Maggid and a literary journal Ha-Eskol).

Bibliography:
Col. Encyclopedia Judaica. Jerusalem:1974, vol. 7, p. 964-965.
Gold, H.(ed). Juden und Judengemeinden Mährens in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Brünn:, 1929, p. 319-320.