Morgentaler is a family name (or surname) of Jewish families from Poland.

Origin

The family name Morgentaler developed among Ashkenazi Jews in Europe.

Distribution

Until World War II in Poland, mainly in Łódź. The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names Website Yad Vashem The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority enlists many Jewish Morgentaler victims of the Holocaust. Few Polish Morgentalers survived and emigrated. Today's spreading is relatively high in Canada and Serbia."World Family Names" Part of the website PublicProfiler

People Henry Morgentaler (1923–2013, Łódź), Canadian physician and abortion activist Morgentaler v The Queen, 1976 Supreme Court of Canada decision R. v. Morgentaler (1988), Supreme Court of Canada decision R. v. Morgentaler (1993), Supreme Court of Canada decision Goldie Morgentaler (born 1950), Yiddish author

References

See also Morgenthaler (name)

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