Albert Levy
Albert Levy (born December 10, 1862 in Cologne , † March 13, 1922 in Berlin ) was a pioneer of social work in Germany.
Life
Albert Levy was a brother of the bankers Louis Hagen and Carl Hagen as well as Emma Rheinhold, the wife of the sculptor Hugo Rheinhold , and Fanny Kempner (1860–1937), the wife of the lawyer Maximilian Kempner . From 1882 Levy worked at the station aid for Russian-Jewish emigrants. In 1889 he obtained his doctorate in Berlin. phil. On November 6, 1892, he was a founding member of the German Society for Ethical Culture in Berlin. In 1893 he was involved in the establishment of the welfare archive. In 1899, after the death of Jeanette Schwerin , he took over the management of the information center of the German Society for Ethical Culture, which he transformed in 1906 into an independent association, Zentrale für Privatworge. From 1900 he worked as a citizen's deputy in the municipal poor directorate of Berlin and in the central committee of the German Association for Poor Care and Charity in Frankfurt am Main . From 1913 he was a member of the municipal foundation deputation in Berlin.
After the First World War Levy was active in the Central Committee for Foreign Aid and in the committees of the German Center for Youth Welfare as well as in the Advisory Board and in Expert Commission II of the Center for People's Welfare. Levy tried to get the welfare organizations to work together in a systematic manner and spoke out against holding charity festivals.
Writings (chronological)
- Contributions to martial law in the Middle Ages, especially in the battles in which Germany was involved. (= Studies on German State and Legal History. Volume 29). Koeber, Breslau 1889. (partly also diss. Ph. FWU Berlin)
- The welfare institutions of Berlin and its suburbs. An information book. ed. v. the information center of the German Society for Ethical Culture. 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition. Preface: Mathilde Küstermann and Albert Levy. J. Springer, Berlin 1899.
- Vocational and technical training in poor relief. Reported by Albert Levy. Co-report made by Hermann von Frankenberg (= writings of the German Association for Poor Care and Charity. Volume 79). Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907.
- The raising of funds for the endeavors of free charity. Main report made by Albert Levy. Co-report made by Hedwig Götze (= writings of the German Association for Poor Care and Charity. Volume 98). Duncker & Humblot, Munich et al. 1912.
Namesake
The social worker Albert Levy should not be confused with the following bearers of the same name:
- Albert Levy (* 1867), deported in 1940, Gurs concentration camp ( Pyrenees ), death on September 30, 1942
- Albert Levy (1882–1938), businessman, partner in P. Kosterlitz & Co., a grain and colonial goods wholesaler
- Albert Levy (* 1886),
literature
- Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Eds.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 1: Social politicians in the German Empire 1871 to 1918. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2010, ISBN 978-3-86219-038-6 , p. 97 ( online , PDF; 2.2 MB).
- Ernst G. Lowenthal: Jews in Prussia. Reimer, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-496-01012-6 .
- Peter Reinicke: A builder of private welfare - Albert Levy (1862-1922). In: Sabine Hering (Ed.): Jewish welfare in the mirror of biographies. Frankfurt 2006, pp. 268-275.
- Helene Simon : Albert Levy. Work and personality. Emil Ebering, Berlin 1932.
- Walter Tetzlaff: 2000 short biographies of important German Jews of the 20th century. Askania, Lindhorst 1982, ISBN 3-921730-10-4 .
- Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945. Edited by the Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem. Saur, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 .
- Ilona H. Winkelhausen: Albert Levy. In: Hugo Maier (Ed.): Who is who of social work. Lambertus, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998, ISBN 3-7841-1036-3 , p. 357f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Albert Levy in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ↑ See also the article Ethical Movement
- ↑ Headquarters for Private Welfare: About Us
- ↑ Stolpersteine in Freiburg (Breisgau) , accessed December 19, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
- ^ Synagogue Altenkirchen , accessed December 19, 2009.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levy, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German social worker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1922 |
| Place of death | Berlin |