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 t…