Berthold Rosenthal

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Berthold Rosenthal ( January 17, 1875 in Liedolsheim - December 16, 1957 in Omaha , USA ) was a German teacher and author.

Life

Berthold Rosenthal was born as the son of the Jewish cattle dealer Emanuel Rosenthal and Babette. Because born. After studying to be a teacher in Mannheim , he initially worked as a religion teacher in several places. In 1901 he got a job at the grammar school in Mannheim. In 1914 he married Johanna Benzian (1884–1961), with whom he had a son and two daughters. After returning from the First World War , he became a teacher in Mannheim again. In the 1920s he published an extensive standard work on the history of the Jews in Baden.

After the so-called seizure of power by the National Socialists , he lost his job in 1933. He now devoted himself more to his research on Jewish history and published numerous articles, including in the magazine Deutsche Volksschulwarte . In the autumn of 1940 he was able to emigrate with his wife Johanna via Portugal to the USA , where family members were already living. He lived in New York for the next few years .

Berthold Rosenthal died in 1957, his estate is in the Leo Baeck Institute in New York.

Fonts

  • Home history of the Jews of Baden from their historical appearance to the present day. Konkordia, Bühl 1927 (Reprint. Bissinger, Magstadt near Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-7644-0092-7 ).
  • From the youth of the Jewish community in Karlsruhe. In: Monthly for the history and science of Judaism . Vol. 71 = NF 35, H. 5/6, 1927, pp. 207-220, JSTOR 23082199 .
  • Unknown traces of "Jud Süß" . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, Jg. 30, 1929, pp. 108-115.
  • The will of the Löb Dinkelspiel from 1787 . In: Mannheimer Geschichtsblätter, Jg. 31, 1930, pp. 207-213.

literature

  • Karl Otto Watzinger: History of the Jews in Mannheim 1650–1945 , 2nd edition, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1987 (publications of the Mannheim City Archives; 12), pp. 132–133.
  • Klaus-Dieter Alicke: Lexicon of the Jewish communities in the German-speaking area. Volume 2: Großbock - Ochtendung. Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2008, ISBN 978-3-579-08078-9 ( online version ).

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personal data
SURNAME Rosenthal, Berthold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and author
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Liedolsheim
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1957
Place of death Omaha , USA