Lodewijk Hartog Sarlouis was a university lecturer at the Nederlands Israëlitisch Seminarium. In 1912, he was appointed rabbi in Amsterdam and in 1936 he was appointed chief rabbi. In December of that year, he gave his acceptance speech in the New Synagogue (the Neie Sjoel) at the Jonas Daniël Meyerplein.
Lodewijk Sarlouis was active in the community and he occupied many reponsible functions in various organisations. He took the initiative to set up the Jewish higher secondary school.
M.H. Gans, Memorboek. Platenatlas van het leven der joden in Nederland van de middeleeuwen tot 1940 (6e bijgewerkte druk; Baarn 1988) 798
Additional information on Lodewijk Hartog Sarlouis can be found at the website of the Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis.
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