Georg Strauss (association official)

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Georg Strauss (born August 22, 1896 in Berlin , † 1975 in Givʿatajim in Israel ) was a German and Israeli entrepreneur, writer, association official and publisher. He was of Jewish faith.

family

Georg Strauss was the son of the businessman Moritz Strauss (1860-1946) and his wife Elisabeth Strauss nee Ferber (1873-1940). His brother was the later university professor Walter Strauss (* 1895). He was married to Miriam Scheurer (* 1899), who was born in Teplitz-Schönau and later became a dentist.

Professional background

His studies in Breslau followed in 1922 promotion to Dr. phil. in Berlin. From August 8, 1922, Georg Strauss was next to Walter Moses and Martin Bandmann (* 1900) under the later Israeli politician Benno Cohen (1894–1975) member of the federal management of the Jewish hiking association Blau-Weiß and, at the same time, until 1925 as company manager in Berlin. In 1926 he worked as the publishing director of the magazine for textile industry , in order to co-found Agriculture et artisanat for Jewish emigration in Paris in 1933. In 1934 he was a co-founder of the Society for the Promotion of Economic Interests of Jews living or previously resident in Germany and from 1935 as managing director alongside the lawyer Alfred Levi and Ernst Lehmann (1902–1979).

In 1924 he was co-founder of the Palestine Office in Berlin and in 1933 of the Reich Representation of German Jews and in 1933/34 involved in the reorganization. Georg Strauss had previously traveled to the Mandate Palestine . He then became the publishing director of the Jüdische Rundschau .

After traveling and returning from Amsterdam , he was arrested and charged with foreign currency offenses.

Emigration to Italy in 1937 was followed by research in the field of art history and the humanities in Florence , before emigrating to Palestine in 1939 and working for the Anglo-Palestine Bank , founded in 1902, in 1940 .

As publisher of the monthly magazine of the industrial association Hataassiyah , which had been published since 1941 , which was incorporated into Israel Periodicals Co. Ltd. in 1943 . rose, together from 1943 to 1965 with the later politician Fritz Lewinson (* 1906) Georg Strauss sold his share of the business and turned to writing.

Publications

  • 1959: Under the sign of Sistina.
  • 1966: will-o'-the-wisps and guiding stars.
  • 1966: Davida and Greek Elegy.
  • 1966: Vita Nuova in Canaan.
  • 1968: The Magic Chain.
  • 1971: beautifully fabulous.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Werner Röder and Herbert A. Strauss (eds.): Biographical manual of German-speaking emigration after 1933. Volume I. Politics, economics, public life. KG Saur Verlag, Munich 1980, pp. 441 and 745, Google Books - Digitalisat (excerpts) , ISBN 3-598-10087-6
  2. ↑ Jehuda Reinharz : Documents on the history of German Zionism 1882-1933. Mohr, Tübingen 1981 Google Books - Digitized , p. 313, ISBN 3-16-743272-1
  3. ↑ Zeitschrift für Textilwirtschaft , accessed on March 26, 2014
  4. ↑ Society for the Promotion of Economic Interests of Jews Resident or Previously Resident in Germany mb H. (FWI) , accessed on March 25, 2014
  5. ^ Zionist Organizations in Berlin , accessed on March 27, 2014
  6. ^ W. Classen, 1959, 396 pp.
  7. ↑ 1966, 212 pp.
  8. ↑ Classen 1966, 96 pp .
  9. ^ Kossodo, 1968, 270 pp.
  10. ↑ Werner Classen, 1971, 702 pp.
  11. ^ Werner Classen, 1973, 344 pp. , ISBN 3717201840
personal data
SURNAME Strauss, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, writer, association official and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1975
Place of death Givʿatajim