Julius Jelski

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Julius Jelski (born November 29, 1867 in Slonim , Russian Empire ; died January 8, 1953 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) was a German philosopher and preacher at the Jewish Reform Congregation in Berlin .

Life

Julius Jelski was born in Slonim as the son of the cantor Isaak Jelski and his wife Ida, b. Kremer, born. He was brother-in-law of the preacher Israel Jelski-Goldin. His twin sister Martha and his brothers David and Bernhard were murdered in the Shoah. Immediately after his training as a rabbi in the Institute for the Science of Judaism , before taking the rabbinical examination, Jelski was elected preacher of the Jewish Reform Congregation. He took up his position on July 1, 1897, and at the end of December that year he married the daughter of the preacher Wilhelm Klemperer , Marta. The couple had three children: Walter, Lilly and Wilhelm. It was not until 1913 that his 16-year contract was converted into a contract for life. Jelski remained a preacher in the reform congregation until his retirement on May 20, 1935. On April 3, 1939, Julius and Marta Jelski fled to their daughter in Montevideo. Julius and Marta Jelski were buried in the Jewish cemetery in La Paz (Canelones ).

Fonts (selection)

  • Julius Jelski: From a long time. Sermons held in the church of the Jewish Reform Congregation in Berlin . L. Lamm, Berlin 1915 ( uni-frankfurt.de ).
  • Julius Jelski: Through the ages. Sermons from Dr. Jelski . Ed .: Board of the Jewish Reform Community in Berlin. Philo-Verlag, Berlin 1930.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Landesarchiv Berlin, marriage register of the Berlin registry offices 1874–1920; Civil registry office Berlin III, certificate no.1034, serial no.356
  2. ↑ holocaust.cz; Victim database: Martha Jelski. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
  3. ^ Yad Vashem; Central database of the names of Holocaust victims: David Jelski. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
  4. ^ German Society for Child and Adolescent Medicine eV: Bernhard Jelski. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Der Gemeindebote, supplement to the "Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums", 62nd year, No. 16: Correspondence and news. April 22, 1898, accessed August 2, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Der Gemeindebote, supplement to the "Allgemeine Zeitung des Judenthums" 61st year, No. 29: Correspondence and news. July 16, 1897, accessed July 2, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Simone Ladwig-Winters: Freedom and Bonding: on the history of the Jewish Reform Community in Berlin from its beginnings to its end in 1939 . Ed .: Galliner, Peter. 1st edition Hentrich & Hentrich, Teetz 2004, ISBN 3-933471-65-6 .
  8. ↑ Klemperer, Victor; Good Friday, April 7, 1939; In Klemperer Online. 2019. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. Retrieved June 23, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Jelski, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and preacher at the Jewish Reform Community in Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Slonim , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1953
Place of death Montevideo , Uruguay