Max Lichtenstein

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Max Lichtenstein (born February 15, 1860 in Ortelsburg , German Reich ; died October 1, 1942 in the Theresienstadt ghetto ) was a German lawyer and local politician in Königsberg.

Life

Max Lichtenstein studied law in Berlin and Leipzig and received his doctorate in 1885. In the same year he established himself as a lawyer in Königsberg in Prussia . He worked as a young lawyer in the craft association and became its chairman. Together with Robert Gyßling and Ludwig Goldstein, he was the founder of the Königsberg Goethe Association and at times chairman of the Königsberg Kant Society . Lichtenstein was active in the Jewish community of Königsberg, was a member of the B'nai B'rith Lodge , a member of the Association for Liberal Judaism (VfLJ) and a sponsor of Keren Hayesod .

He was elected city councilor in 1894 and later became city councilor chief. When the mandate holder died, Lichtenstein was elected as a candidate for the Free People's Party in December 1912 in the provincial parliament of the province of East Prussia . In a speech in the state parliament he addressed the economic situation of fishermen in Samland . Since voices were raised in his party as to whether it was wise to have a Jew as a member of parliament, Lichtenstein resigned from his mandate in March 1913.

Lichtenstein was related by marriage to the social democratic politician Hugo Haase through his sister Thea (1869–1937) . He was married to Johanna Samuel (1861-1935) and they had four children. Käthe Lichtenstein (1890–1942) became a music and language teacher, Eva Freyer (1895–1987) worked as a painter, Erwin Lichtenstein (1901–1993) became a lawyer and Heinz Lichtenstein (1904–1990) became a psychoanalyst. After the death of his wife, he was looked after by his daughter Käthe, who was murdered in a concentration camp in 1942 . In August 1942 he was deported to the Theresienstadt ghetto and died five weeks later of the prison conditions.

literature

  • Lichtenstein, Max , in: Joseph Walk : Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Munich: Saur, 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 234
  • Lichtenstein, Max , in: Ernest Hamburger : Jews in public life in Germany: members of the government, officials and parliamentarians in the monarchical era. 1848-1918 . Tübingen: Mohr, 1968, p. 376f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefanie Schüler-Springorum : The Jewish minority in Königsberg, Prussia: 1871 - 1945 . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1996 ISBN 3-525-36049-5 , p. 387
  2. ↑ Information on Max Lichtenstein in: Lichtenstein, Erwin , in: Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): Biographical manual of German-speaking emigration after 1933. Volume 1: Politics, economy, public life . Munich: Saur, 1980, p. 442f.
  3. ↑ Freyer and Lichtenstein families papers , at USHMM
  4. ↑ Norman H. Holland: Heinz Lichtenstein (1904-1990) , International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 71, 1990, pp. 527-529
personal data
SURNAME Lichtenstein, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Ortelsburg
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1942
Place of death Theresienstadt ghetto