Shimon Sofer (Hungarian rabbi)

Rabbi Shimon Sofer
Title	Rabbi of Erlau
Personal
Born	Shimon Sofer 1850 Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (today Bratislava, Slovakia)
Died	12 June 1944 (aged 94) Auschwitz-Birkenau, Nazi Germany
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Hungarian
Spouse	Esther Fried Glikle Birnbaum Malka Esther Spitzer
Children	15
Parent(s)	Rabbi Samuel Benjamin Sofer and Chava Leah Weiss
Denomination	Orthodox Judaism
Occupation	Rabbi, rosh yeshiva
Jewish leader
Successor	Rabbi Moshe Sofer II
Began	1881
Ended	1944

Shimon Sofer (1850 – 2 June 1944)^[1] was the rabbi of the Hungarian city of Eger (Erlau) and the progenitor of the Erlauer Hasidic dynasty. His grandson Yochanan Sofer was the Erlauer rebbe in Israel.