Moritz Sobernheim

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Moritz Sebastian Sobernheim (born August 13, 1872 in Berlin ; died January 5, 1933 there ) was a German politician, diplomat and orientalist .

Life

Moritz Sobernheim was a brother of Curt Sobernheim (1871-1940) and Walter Sobernheim . His stepfather was Eugen Landau (1852–1935), Anna Sobernheim, geb. Magnus (1850–1908) married three years after the death of his father, the banker Adolf Sobernheim (1840–1880).

Moritz Sobernheim was a diplomat in the Foreign Office and headed the German-Jewish Relations department from its establishment from 1918 to 1932. He was a Zionist and was also active as president of the Society for the Advancement of the Science of Judaism and from 1922 to 1931 as a member of the board several times in the company of friends , which he had joined in 1894.

He was also known for his publications on excavations in the Orient. He toured the Middle East several times on behalf of the Prussian government and the Institut d'archéologie français and was a participant in the German Baalbek expedition . Moritz Sobernheim was buried in the Weissensee Jewish cemetery .

Fonts (selection)

  • Palmyrenian inscriptions , Berlin, Peiser, 1905
  • The inscriptions of the mosque of Hims , Braumüller, 1921
  • Baalbek in Islamic times , Berlin, de Gruyter, 1922

literature

  • Johannes Hürter (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 4: Bernd Isphording, Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: S Schöningh, Paderborn et al. 2012, ISBN 978-3-506-71843-3 , p. 280f.
  • Sobernheim, Moritz , in: Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Munich: Saur, 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 346
  • Sobernheim, Moritz , in: Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography . Volume 5. Chernivtsi, 1931, p. 556

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , col. 756.
  2. ↑ Magnus Brechtken, "Madagascar for the Jews." Anti-Semitic Idea and Political Practice 1885-1945 . (= Studies on Contemporary History Vol. 53.) Oldenbourg, 2nd edition Munich 1998, ISBN 3-486-563-84-X , page 172 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  3. ^ Jewish Affairs and German Foreign Policy During the Weimar Republic: Moritz Sobernheim and the Referat Für Jüdische Demokratie, Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook (1988) 33 (1): 261-283
  4. ↑ [ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 16, 2014 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. The Weimar Republic and British Palestine @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sunbourg.com
  5. ^ Membership directory of the society
  6. ↑ page 4, obituary notice in WOCHENSCHRIFT the truth  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 2.1 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / edocs.ub.uni-frankfurt.de  
personal data
SURNAME Sobernheim, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sobernheim, Moritz Sebastian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician, diplomat and orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1933
Place of death Berlin