Berthold Rosenthal
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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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 |