Michael Szentei-Heise

Michael N. Szentei-Heise , actually Mihály Nándor Szentei (born October 27, 1954 in Debrecen , Hungary ) is a Hungarian-German lawyer and has been the administrative director of the Jewish community in Düsseldorf since December 1, 1986 .

Michael Szentei-Heise is the son of Auschwitz survivor Edith Szentei and comes from Hungary. At the age of eleven he came to Germany with his mother.

He gained greater prominence, among other things, in the context of disputes over the train of memory and anti-Semitism allegations against the British rock musician Roger Waters . He also initiated the first motto car for a Jewish community on a Rose Monday procession (Rose Monday, February 12, 2018) in Düsseldorf with the motto "Heinrich Heine, we're celebrating the most famous Jewish son in our city".

Because of a statement by Szentei-Heise in connection with the train of remembrance , the then head of Deutsche Bahn , Hartmut Mehdorn , filed a criminal complaint for defamation and insult. The proceedings were discontinued by the Düsseldorf public prosecutor's office.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Annette Kanis: Jubilee: "Big Jewish Heart". In: Jüdische Allgemeine. Accessed December 31, 2017 .
^ Train of Memory - Speech by Szentei-Heise. Accessed December 31, 2017 .
↑ DIE WELT: Jewish community: "Roger Waters is a spiritual arsonist" . In: THE WORLD . August 29, 2013 ( welt.de [accessed December 31, 2017]).
↑ For the first time since the Nazi era, a car belonging to the Jewish community drives along on Rose Monday in Düsseldorf . In: ze.tt . ( ze.tt [accessed on March 12, 2018]).
^ Nazi comparison: Mehdorn fails with criminal complaint . In: Spiegel Online . April 17, 2008 ( spiegel.de [accessed January 4, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Szentei-Heise, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Szentei-Heise, Michael N .; Szentei, Mihály Nándor (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hungarian-German lawyer, administrative director of the Jewish community in Düsseldorf
DATE OF BIRTH	October 27, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Debrecen , Hungary

[JA-1] Annette Kanis: Jubilee: "Big Jewish Heart". In: Jüdische Allgemeine. Accessed December 31, 2017 .

[2] Train of Memory - Speech by Szentei-Heise. Accessed December 31, 2017 .

[3] DIE WELT: Jewish community: "Roger Waters is a spiritual arsonist" . In: THE WORLD . August 29, 2013 ( welt.de [accessed December 31, 2017]).

[4] For the first time since the Nazi era, a car belonging to the Jewish community drives along on Rose Monday in Düsseldorf . In: ze.tt . ( ze.tt [accessed on March 12, 2018]).

[5] Nazi comparison: Mehdorn fails with criminal complaint . In: Spiegel Online . April 17, 2008 ( spiegel.de [accessed January 4, 2018]).