Moritz Wormser

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Moritz Wormser , also Moshe Wormser (born September 28, 1867 in Karlsruhe , † July 13, 1940 ibid) was a German general practitioner and writer of historical dramas .

Life

Moritz Wormser grew up as the son of Jacob Wormser and Regine (Rachel) geb. Mayer with two brothers - Karl (Kaufman) and Jakob (Baruch) - in Karlsruhe. He attended the Humboldt Realgymnasium in his hometown and studied medicine in Strasbourg , where he received his doctorate in medicine in 1892 with a dissertation on a "case of Parkinson's disease ".

Moritz's paternal grandfather was Baruch Hayum Wormser (1809–1872), a pioneer of new Orthodox Judaism in Baden . By 1870 he had achieved the independence of this faction in a separate community, the Israelite Religious Society in Karlsruhe . This kehilla , who was strictly Torah loyal to which Moritz Wormser belonged, was at the same time characterized by a lively interest in secular education and social engagement, as the Frankfurt rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch had exemplified with his motto “Torah in derech eretz”.

Moritz Wormser, who remained unmarried, had a well-known practice at Zähringer Str. 71, in Karlsruhe's old town. A few months before the Jews from Baden were deported to Gurs , he died in Karlsruhe.

plant

  • A case of Parkinson's disease "à forme fruste" . Strasbourg: C. Goeller, 1892. 32 pp., 1 sheet (Zugl. Inaug.-Diss., Med. Fac. Strasbourg 1892)
  • Queen Luise: Dramatic Poetry . OO, no publ., No year 35 pp.
  • Charles VII.: Drama in 5 records Karlsruhe: Macklot, 1926. 100 pp.
  • Potemkin: comedy . Karlsruhe: Macklot, 1927. 42 pp.
  • Insurrection: Dramat. Poem . Karlsruhe: Macklot, 1929. 63 pp.
  • Rabbi Meir von Rotenburg: tragedy . Karlsruhe: Macklot, 1931. 63 pp.
  • Alexander the Great and Jerusalem: [Drama] . Karlsruhe: Macklot. undated [1933], 25 pp.
  • Charlemagne: poetry . Karlsruhe: private print of the author, undated [1935], 32 pp.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Karlsruhe City Archives, 8 / StS 13, 1193
  2. ↑ cf. Annual directory of the publications published at the German universities . Vol. VII, Berlin 1892.
  3. ↑ cf. http://www.alemannia-judaica.de/karlsruhe_friedhoforth.htm and Heinz Schmitt (eds.): Jews in Karlsruhe. Contributions to their history up to the Nazi seizure of power . Karlsruhe: Badenia, 2nd edition 1990, passim
  4. ↑ cf. address books of the city of Karlsruhe at http://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/Drucke/nav/classification/485648
  5. ↑ cf. Karlsruhe City Archives, Register of Companies, Vol. 1940
personal data
SURNAME Wormser, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wormser, Moshe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general practitioner and author of historical dramas
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 1940
Place of death Karlsruhe