Hans Rosenfeld

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Hans Rosenfeld (born May 6, 1926 in Schopfloch , Middle Franconia ; † January 9, 2015 in New York City ) was a German- born Jew who escaped the Holocaust by emigrating early enough . Since 1996 he has been coming regularly from New York to Middle Franconia to give lectures on international understanding .

Life

Hans Rosenfeld was born on May 6, 1926 as the son of the knitwear manufacturer Hermann and Anni (née Nussbaum) Rosenfeld in Schopfloch. In 1934, due to increasing anti-Semitism , he moved with his family to Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz . However, as the situation did not improve at all and Hans Rosenfeld continued to have problems with non-Jewish schoolmates at school, the family finally emigrated to Argentina in 1937 by ship . Here, after the Second World War , Hans Rosenfeld began to study law and industrial engineering. Due to the impending there dictatorship under Juan Perón but he moved in the 1950s his residence to New York, where he worked until 1972, first in a recycling - Company worked and from 1972 until Finally, in 1995 launched a travel agency. In total, Hans Rosenfeld was married four times. From his first marriage he had a daughter who is now a mother of three and grandmother of two . Although Rosenfeld had initially broken with his former homeland due to the National Socialist crimes , he revised his image of Germany in 1969 : During a boat trip on the Rhine , the young German captain asked at a party organized by mostly Italian staff why Rosenfeld was able to speak German . When Rosenfeld explained to him that he was originally a Jew from Germany, the captain was ashamed of his question and that - to quote Hans Rosenfeld personally -

“Although it was clear that at the end of the war he could hardly have been older than six years and thus could not yet have been personally responsible for the National Socialist terror. At that moment I realized that I had been wrong with my blanket condemnation of all Germans and my hatred of this country. For me that was the key moment in my life. "

- Binder, Jürgen: A very personal case of “reunification” , in: Fränkische Landeszeitung (2014), No. 229, o. P.

Hans Rosenfeld died on January 9, 2015 at the age of 88 as a result of a serious illness in New York.

Merits

Until the end, Hans Rosenfeld attached great importance to keeping the memory of the Jewish community alive: for this he came to Central Franconia twice a year since 1996 and gave lectures against hatred and intolerance and on international understanding and about his in various places - especially at schools own family history. This is clear from the newspaper articles on his blog . Furthermore, his family history and his lectures at Franconian schools such as in Dinkelsbühl and Roth are discussed in the documentation "Books cannot be questioned". He paid for the travel expenses to Franconia himself, as he saw communication as his mission. In addition, Rosenfeld played an important role in various reports and documentaries in describing the Jewish living conditions in Schopfloch: These include the film "Majem is water, Jajem is wine" as well as the articles in the minority magazine MINET and the media workshop in Franconia called "Am Schabbes has Schoufet free ". In 2005 he even received the Federal Cross of Merit for his efforts to reach an understanding .

literature

  • Binder, Jürgen: A very personal case of “reunification” , in: Fränkische Landeszeitung (2014), No. 229, o. P.
  • o.A .: Hans Rosenfeld passed away. Fight against hatred and intolerance as a matter of life , in: Fränkische Landeszeitung (2015), No. 8, o. P.
  • Markt Schopfloch: The market community mourns the loss of Hans Rosenfeld , in: Official and Mitteilungsblatt (2015), No. 1 (PDF; 3.51 MB ( http://www.schopfloch-mittelfranken.de/index.php?id=0 , 93 )).

Videography

  • Hanan, Michael / Rieber, Gretel: Majem is water, Jajem is wine. Lachoudisch, the secret language of Schopfloch , Israel 2013, TC: 00: 00: 00-01: 30: 00.
  • Helfer, Christine, report in: MINET - the minority magazine . Edition 02.2014 (2014), in: http://www.minet-tv.com/videos/minet-das-minderheitenmagazin-ausgabe-02-2014-vom-09-04-14-m19-124-1.html ( accessed on April 27, 2015), TC: 00: 01: 42-00: 08: 00.
  • Tobias, Jim: "On Schabbes the Schoufet is free" - Schopfloch a linguistic island in Franconia , report in: Medienwerkstatt Franconia (1998). http://vimeo.com/59215448 (accessed April 27, 2015), TC: 00: 00: 00-00: 10: 58.
  • Tobias, Jim: You cannot question books , report in: Medienwerkstatt Franken (2002). https://vimeo.com/59215451 (accessed April 27, 2015), TC: 00: 00: 00-00: 10: 42.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brosig, Angelika: Hans Rosenfeld from Schopfloch. http://www.oyla21.de/cgi-bin/designs/sachlich_2/index.cgi?page=text&id=574331701247214581&userid=22442533 (accessed on April 27, 2015).
  2. ↑ a b Binder, Jürgen: A very personal case of “reunification” , in: Fränkische Landeszeitung (2014), No. 229, o. P.
  3. ↑ above: Hans Rosenfeld died. Fight against hatred and intolerance as a matter of life , in: Fränkische Landeszeitung (2015), No. 8, o. P.
  4. ↑ Markt Schopfloch: The market community mourns Hans Rosenfeld , in: Official and Mitteilungsblatt (2015), No. 1, p. 2 (PDF; 3.51 MB ( http://www.schopfloch-mittelfranken.de/index. php? id = 0.93 ))
  5. ^ Rosenfeld, Hans: Hans Rosenfeld Blog . http://hansrosenfeld.blogspot.de/ (accessed on April 27, 2015).
  6. ↑ Tobias, Jim: You can't question books , report in: Medienwerkstatt Franken (2002). https://vimeo.com/59215451 (accessed April 27, 2015), TC: 00: 00: 00-00: 10: 42.
  7. ↑ Hanan, Michael / Rieber, Gretel: Majem is water, Jajem is wine. Lachoudisch, the secret language of Schopfloch , Israel 2013, TC: 00: 00: 00-01: 30: 00.
  8. ^ Helfer, Christine, report in: MINET - the minority magazine . Edition 02.2014 (2014), in: http://www.minet-tv.com/videos/minet-das-minderheitenmagazin-ausgabe-02-2014-vom-09-04-14-m19-124-1.html ( accessed on April 27, 2015), TC: 00: 01: 42-00: 08: 00.
  9. ↑ Tobias, Jim: "On Schabbes the Schoufet is free" - Schopfloch a language island in Franconia , report in: Medienwerkstatt Franconia (1998). http://vimeo.com/59215448 (accessed April 27, 2015), TC: 00: 00: 00-00: 10: 58.
personal data
SURNAME Rosenfeld, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Holocaust survivor of German origin
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Schopfloch (Middle Franconia)
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 2015
Place of death New York City