Arno Fern
Arno Fern (born on May 8, 1938 in Fürth ; died on July 2, 2015 ) was a German industrial engineer and board member as well as managing director of the Israelite Religious Community of Württemberg (IRGW).
Life
Arno Fern came to Stuttgart with his family shortly after his birth . His father opened a textile company there.
During the Nazi era , his mother fled to France with him and his sister. They were hidden in the Monsac monastery in southern France and survived the Shoah there . His father was expelled from Germany as a " stateless person " and fled to Poland and then to the Soviet Union. After the war he first went to Poland. The family then returned to Germany after a year in Israel.
Arno Fern studied industrial engineering in Berlin and graduated in 1966 with a diploma in industrial engineering.
From 1991 to 2003 Arno Fern was the full-time managing director of the IRGW. For decades he was a member of the representative office (since 1970) and until 1991 an honorary member of the board of directors of the IRGW. Since the death of his father he was also honorary synagogue head of the Jewish community in Stuttgart. There he devoted himself particularly to the integration of newly immigrated Jews.
In 2003 he was awarded the Otto Hirsch Medal of the City of Stuttgart for his work in the Christian-Jewish dialogue .
Arno Fern was married and the father of two daughters.
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| SURNAME | Fern, Arno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German industrial engineer and board member as well as managing director of the Israelite Religious Community of Württemberg (IRGW) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fuerth |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 2015 |