Julius Seligsohn

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Julius Ludwig Seligsohn (born May 7, 1890 in Berlin ; † February 28, 1942 in Sachsenhausen concentration camp ) was a German lawyer , member of the board of directors of the Reich Association of Jews in Germany and victims of National Socialism .

Life

Blessed Son, Son of the Judicial Council Arnold Seligsohn (1854-1939), studied after completing his schooling law . As a first lieutenant, Seligsohn took part in the First World War. After the end of the war he joined the Reich Association of Jewish Front Soldiers . At the University of Halle doctorate in 1921 with the dissertation mystery and invention ownership to Dr. jur. Seligsohn worked as a lawyer and notary. As a lawyer he specialized in intellectual property law.

After the transfer of power to the National Socialists , Seligsohn was no longer allowed to work as a lawyer due to his Jewish origins. Within the Jewish Community of Berlin , he belonged from 1924 to the board as a representative of the Liberal Group. From 1933 he was a member of the presidium of the Aid Association of German Jews and the Reich Representation of German Jews . After the Reich Representation was renamed the Reich Association of Jews in Germany , he was a member of the board of this organization from 1939. At the Reichsvereinigung, Seligsohn was responsible for emigration advice and planning in the migration department under Paul Eppstein . In the Jüdisches Nachrichtenblatt , an association publication devised by the National Socialists , he presented his duties as an emigrant advisor. His activities, which also included various trips overseas, included planning the forced emigration of Jews as well as their financing and administration.

“Many women and men who would be at least as capable of emigrating as their wards, persist for years in the faithful fulfillment of their duties. The public does not know or name their names. But many a grateful memory keeps them who, through their support, found their way into the distance. And when the historian of our people once describes the exodus of the Jewish people from this country, he will erect an honoring memorial to the emigrant advisor who carried the brunt of our struggle for Jewish emigration in these times. "

- Julius Seligmann on July 14, 1939 under the heading "The bearers of Jewish work" under the title "The emigrant advisor"

Seligsohn's wife and two children emigrated to the Netherlands in 1938. Seligsohn himself continued his work with the Reichsvereinigung, although he already had the exit papers for his family and himself and was abroad after the beginning of the Second World War . His wife and children were able to emigrate to the USA in New York City in September 1939 .

Due to his public protest against the deportation of Jews from Baden and the Palatinate in October 1940 by setting a nationwide fasting day, he was arrested by members of the Gestapo in November 1940 and shortly thereafter sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. From the Reichsvereinigung, Eppstein supported Fritz Wöhrn, who was active in the Eichmann department , several times unsuccessfully for the release of Seligsohn. Seligsohn allegedly died of pneumonia in Sachsenhausen concentration camp on February 28, 1942. After Esriel Hildesheimer, Seligsohn was also killed in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

In June 1942, Julius Seligsohn's memorial service was held in the synagogue of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, attended by his wife and children. The funeral speech was given by Max Grünewald , an emigrated rabbi and friend of Seligsohn.

“When the history of German Jewry is written in these years, one will find that the fate of the German Jews, both individuals and people, was symbolically decided in the person of this man of strong character. What Julius Seligsohn was is saved for all time and preserved in the eternal soul of the Jewish people. "

- Max Grünewald during the funeral speech for Julius Seligsohn in June 1942
tomb

He is buried in the Jewish cemetery at Schönhauser Allee .

literature

  • Gudrun Maierhof: Assertion in Chaos: Women in Jewish Self-Help 1933–1943 . Campus Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-593-37042-5 .
  • Ernst G. Lowenthal: A forgotten Berliner: Julius L. Seligsohn, lawyer and social worker. On his 100th birthday (PDF; 13.5 MB), pp. 311–312. In: Announcements of the Association for the History of Berlin, Years 84 to 87, Berlin 1988 to 1991. (to be determined via search function)
  • Otto Dov Kulka (Ed.): German Judaism under National Socialism , Volume 1: Documents on the History of Legal Representation of German Jews 1933–1939, Series of Scientific Papers by the Leo Baeck Institute 54, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1997, ISBN 3-16-146413 -3 .
  • Beate Meyer, Hermann Simon , Chana C. Schütz: Jews in Berlin 1938–1945 . Accompanying volume to the exhibition of the same name in the foundation “New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum”, Philo Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin 2000 ISBN 3-8257-0168-9 . English edition: Jews in Nazi Berlin: from Kristallnacht to liberation google books
  • Esriel Hildesheimer: Jewish self-administration under the Nazi regime , Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1994, ISBN 3-16-146179-7 .
  • Seligsohn, Julius , in: Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Munich: Saur, 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 340

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ernst G. Lowenthal: A forgotten Berliner: Julius L. Seligsohn, lawyer and social worker . On his 100th birthday, Berlin 1988, pp. 311–312
  2. ↑ a b Otto Dov Kulka (Ed.): German Judaism under National Socialism , Volume 1: Documents on the History of Legal Representation of German Jews 1933–1939 , Series of Scientific Treatises of the Leo Baeck Institute 54, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1997, p. 529
  3. ↑ See entry at DNB
  4. ^ A b Gudrun Maierhof: Self-Assertion in Chaos: Women in Jewish Self-Help 1933–1943 ; Campus Verlag, 2002, p. 345
  5. ^ Gudrun Maierhof: Self-Assertion in Chaos: Women in Jewish Self-Help 1933–1943 ; Campus Verlag, 2002, p. 358
  6. ↑ Quoted from: Ernst G. Lowenthal: A forgotten Berliner: Julius L. Seligsohn, lawyer and social worker . On his 100th birthday, Berlin 1988, p. 312
  7. ^ Esriel Hildesheimer : Jewish self-administration under the Nazi regime ; Tübingen 1994, p. 112
  8. ^ A b Esriel Hildesheimer: Jewish self-government under the Nazi regime ; Tübingen 1994, p. 202
  9. ^ Esriel Hildesheimer: Jewish self-administration under the Nazi regime ; Tübingen 1994, p. 123
  10. ↑ a b structure from June 19, 1942, p. 24 ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 470 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
personal data
SURNAME Blessed son, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seligsohn, Julius Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and Jewish association official
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1942
Place of death Sachsenhausen concentration camp