Slater [formerly Leschziner], Oscar Joseph
(1872–1948)
- Leslie William Blake
Extract
Slater [formerly Leschziner], Oscar Joseph (1872–1948), victim of miscarriage of justice, was born in Oppeln, Upper Silesia, Germany, on 8 January 1872, the son of Adolph Leschziner (d. 1916), a baker, and his wife, Paula Zweig (d. 1917). The family, which was Jewish, consisted of at least four (and probably six) children. ...
