Armin Frieder

Abraham Armin Frieder
Title	Chief Rabbi of Slovakia
Personal
Born	(1911-06-30)30 June 1911 Prievidza, Austria-Hungary
Died	21 June 1946(1946-06-21) (aged 34) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Czechoslovakia
Spouse	Ružena Berl
Children	Gideon Frieder
Denomination	Neolog Judaism
Position	Rabbi
Synagogue	Nové Mesto nad Váhom
Position	Chairman
Organisation	Yeshurun (Neolog communities of Slovakia)
Other	Working Group

Abraham Armin Frieder (30 June 1911 – 21 June 1946) was a Slovak Neolog rabbi. After attending several yeshivas, he was ordained in 1932 and became the leader of Slovak Neolog communities before Slovakia declared independence in 1939 and began to oppress its Jewish population. Frieder joined the Working Group, a Jewish resistance organization, and delivered a petition to President Jozef Tiso begging him to halt deportations of Jews to Poland. Frieder was involved in efforts to send relief to deportees and interview escapees to learn about the progress of the Holocaust in Poland. After the German invasion of Slovakia during the Slovak National Uprising, deportations from Slovakia resumed; Frieder was captured but managed to avoid deportation from Sereď concentration camp. After the war, he was appointed Chief Rabbi of Slovakia and attempted to smooth tensions between Neolog and Orthodox Jews. He died after surgery in 1946.