Hermann Gradnauer

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Hermann Gradnauer (born March 17, 1894 in Wolfenbüttel , † November 2, 1972 in Givat Brenner , Israel ) was a German dentist and Zionist .

Life

Esberg's house in Wolfenbüttel, the birthplace of Hermann Gradnauer

His parents Max and Minna Gradnauer ran a shoe shop in Wolfenbüttel in the Esberg house , which is the house where he was born. After graduating from high school, Hermann Gradnauer was drafted into the military and was a medical soldier from 1915 to 1918 during the First World War . He then studied dentistry in Berlin and Leipzig , where he received his doctorate. In 1923 he established himself as a dentist in Hameln .

Gradnauer was one of the few Zionists in the conservative Jewish community of Hameln and, along with the lawyer Ernst Katzenstein, belonged to a small local Zionist group. Gradnauer wanted to work on the realization of a Jewish state in Palestine . He had his first stay there from 1924 in Kibbutz En Harod , where he worked as a dentist. Because of the poor health of his wife Hilde, who could not stand the climate, he returned to Hameln in 1926. The couple had a daughter. He had a son about it.

Gradnauer was one of the founders and leaders of the Brit Haolim Jewish Wandering Association, founded in 1923 . He is considered to be the initiator of the Kibbutz Cheruth in the Hamelin area, which is oriented towards Zionist and socialist ideals and which served to prepare ( Hachshara ) young people for their immigration ( Aliyah ) to Palestine. Gradnauer was instrumental in the organizational work of the kibbutz, where he accommodated the young Zionists, placed them with farmers and held group meetings and advanced training courses. The Hamelin lawyer Ernst Katzenstein supported him, also financially.

In 1934 Gradnauer went to Palestine and in 1942 settled in Kibbutz Givat Brenner , where he continued to work as a dentist.

See also

literature

  • Bernhard Gelderblom : The dentist and Zionist Dr. Hermann Gradnauer and his "child" - the Kibbutz Cheruth in: The Jews of Hameln from their beginnings in the 13th century to their extermination by the Nazi regime , Holzminden, 2011, pp. 94–97

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Looking for traces of the NS. Curt Mast from Wolfenbuettel , p. 58 (pdf)
  2. ^ Looking for traces of the NS. The Esbergs in Wolfenbüttel p. 5 (pdf)
  3. ↑ After 80 years back in Hameln in Dewezet on August 15, 2013
  4. ↑ The Kibbutz Cheruth
personal data
SURNAME Gradnauer, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dentist and Zionist
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfenbüttel
DATE OF DEATH 2nd November 1972
Place of death Givat Brenner , Israel