Salo Adler

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Salo Adler

Salo Adler (born September 26, 1857 in Ratibor , Province of Silesia , † February 26, 1919 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German educator and director of the philanthropist in Frankfurt am Main.

Life

Salo Adler was born on September 26, 1857 in the Upper Silesian city of Ratibor as the son of Moritz Adler. His father died just a year after he was born. Salo attended the Royal High School in Racibórz and passed the school-leaving exam on March 3, 1876. From 1876 to 1879 he studied history, geography and German at the University of Breslau . From 1879 to 1882 he worked as a teacher at the Samson School in Wolfenbüttel .

On June 26, 1880 he was from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Göttingen on the basis of his dissertation Duke Welf VI. 1st part of the Dr. phil. PhD. On August 3, 1883, he passed the exam pro facultate docendi in Breslau, after which he completed his probationary year at the Royal High School in Schneidemühl . His first permanent position as a teacher followed on April 1, 1885 at the Kaiserin-Auguste-Victoria-Gymnasium in Schneidemühl .

In June 1890 he moved to the Israelite girls' grammar school in Berlin as deputy head, and became its rector in April 1892. Adler founded an association of Jewish teachers in Berlin.

In November 1899, Adler was appointed as the successor to Hermann Baerwald as director of the Israelite community's secondary school (philanthropist) in Frankfurt am Main . He took up this office on April 1, 1900.

Adler came to the Philanthropin in Frankfurt am Main at a critical time. The number of students had decreased more and more in the last decades. It fell from around 900 in the middle of the 19th century to around half at the end of the century. This was also a result of the fact that the children of Jewish parents more and more attended the city's general schools and were not sent to the philanthropist. In addition, Adler supported approaches to greater re-Judaization that began at the beginning of the 20th century. Occasionally children of Jewish Orthodox parents were sent back to the Philanthropin.

During the term of office of Salo Adler, the centenary of the philanthropist fell in 1904. To this end, Adler and his predecessor published an extensive commemorative publication in which numerous well-known students made contributions. In the same year a first kindergarten was opened. One of Adler's major merits is his work towards building a new school at a new location. In 1908 the school moved from Rechneigrabenstrasse 14-16 to the building at Hebelstrasse 17, which was designed by Georg Matzdorff and Ernst Hiller (engineer). The school conditions had thus been significantly improved. Adler tried to develop the school into a full institution with the possibility of completing the school leaving examination. However, his efforts were thwarted by the start of the First World War.

Salo Adler died on February 26, 1919 at the age of 61. He was buried in the old Jewish cemetery at Rat-Beil-Strasse in Frankfurt am Main. Adler was married to Rosa Adler. Ernst Adler, the couple's only son, was shot down as a lieutenant in the Air Force at the end of the First World War.

Publications

  • 1881: Welf VI. and his son. Hanover.
  • 1883: On the oldest history of the Guelph tribe. Hanover.
  • 1904: History of the Realschule of the Israelite community (philanthropist) in Frankfurt / M. 1804-1904. From Dir. AD Hermann Bärwald and Dir. Dr. Salo Adler, Frankfurt / M.
  • 1905: The School Maintenance Act and Prussian Citizens of the Jewish Faith, Frankfurt am Main.
  • 1907: In memory of Dr. Hermann Baerwald, director of the secondary school of the Israelite community (philanthropist) 1868-1899. Frankfurt / M. 1907. pp. 5-23.
  • 1913: For and against the Jewish elementary school in Prussia, Frankfurt am Main.

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SURNAME Adler, Salo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German educator and director of the philanthropist in Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Racibórz , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1919
Place of death Frankfurt am Main