Wolfgang Bernhard Fränkel

Wolfgang Bernhard Fränkel (born November 11, 1795 in Bonn , † March 5, 1851 in Elberfeld ) was a German doctor and author. He took part in the Napoleonic Wars, first in Napoleon's army from 1812, then as a lieutenant in the coalition army. He then studied medicine at the University of Bonn. After graduating in 1824, he worked as a doctor in Elberfeld until his death. In 1840 he converted to Christianity and in the following years dealt as an author with the status and emancipation of the Jews. His son was the doctor and professor Bernhard Fränkel .

Works

• On the most important objects of conjugal life , Elberfeld and Barmen 1829
• The lichens and their treatment , Elberfeld 1830
• The proselyte's confession, the misfortune of the Jews and their emancipation in Germany , Elberfeld 1841
• The impossibility of the emancipation of the Jews in the Christian State , Elberfeld 1841
• The Rabbi Assembly and the Reform Association , Elberfeld 1844

Web links

• Article in the Jewish Encyclopedia 1906
• Online text from The Proselyte's Confession in the Jewish Encyclopedia