Miroslav Šalom Freiberger

Miroslav Šalom Freiberger (Hebrew: שלום פרייברגר; 9 January 1903 – 8 May 1943) was a Croatian chief rabbi, translator, writer and spiritual leader.

In the years prior to World War II, he was a strong advocate of Zionism and the return of Jews to what was then the British Mandate for Palestine.

[1] With the foundation of the Independent State of Croatia and the first application of racial laws, Freiberger made efforts to rescue Jews.

He had many connections with Jewish organizations in Italy, Hungary and Switzerland, and extremely good relations with the Catholic Church in Croatia, especially with Alojzije Stepinac, Archbishop of Zagreb.

[4] Even as a rabbi in Osijek, Freiberger was a noted writer, dealing especially with issues of the organization and operation of the Jewish community in the European diaspora during the middle and modern ages.