Paul Bernstein (political scientist)

Paul Bernstein (born June 23, 1897 in Berlin , † 1944 or 1945 in Auschwitz concentration camp ) was a German political scientist , journalist and adult education center teacher .

Life

The young Paul Bernstein served as a soldier in the First World War . After the war he studied at the German School of Politics (DHfP) in Berlin. Afterwards, from 1930 to 1933, he worked as a teacher for adult education at the Habertshof Folk High School (near Frankfurt am Main ). In 1932 he married Johanna Moosdorf (1911-2000), a German writer . The marriage had two children.

Bernstein published numerous articles on the labor movement and ran a trade union home with his wife in Berlin-Kreuzberg . Shortly after the National Socialists came to power , it was closed in the spring of 1933. Since he was a Jew and she was not a member of the Reichsschrifttumskammer , a publisher withdrew the publication of her first volume of poetry in 1933. Paul Bernstein was banned from the profession . In order to find work and to be able to look after their two children, they divorced pro forma . Together they planned to emigrate , but this did not materialize after the outbreak of war . He was obliged to do forced labor and worked in the Siemens factory until he was deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp in January 1944 . In September 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz , where his trace is lost.

His widow fled with the children to the Sudetenland and survived the war.

Stolperstein for Paul Bernstein, Charlottenstrasse 87, Berlin-Kreuzberg

On July 21, 2012, a stumbling block (picture) was laid in his honor in Berlin-Kreuzberg .

personal data
SURNAME	Bernstein, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 23, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	1944 or 1945
Place of death	Auschwitz concentration camp