Language:
German
Pages:
193 pages (double space) :
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Typewritten manuscript.
Year of publication:
1930-1934
Keywords:
Loewenberg, Jakob,
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Antisemitism.
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Authors.
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Country life.
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Jewish families 19th century.
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Jews Education.
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Education, Primary 1871-1918.
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Education, Secondary 1871-1918.
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Education, Higher 1871-1918.
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Teachers.
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Berlin (Germany)
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Münster in Westfalen (Germany)
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Lower Saxony (Germany)
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Abstract:
The memoir was written in the 1930s in Germany. Early childhood memories as the youngest child of five. Meier Spanier's father was plumber, who struggled to provide his family with the necessary. Description of the rural life in the Lower Saxonian Jewish community. Celebration of Jewish traditions and holidays. Relationship between Jews and Christians. Recollections of his early school years and his outstanding teacher Jonas Goldschmidt. Meier Spanier attended the Jewish teachers' seminary in Hanover. Studies of German and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg. Among his professors were the famous philosopher Kuno Fischer (1824-1907) and the linguist Wilhelm Braune (1850-1926). Friendship with the brothers Salomon and Leon Goldschmidt and Hans Ferdinand Gerhard. Encounter with various writers in the Muenster literary society, among them were Gustav Falke (1853-1916), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) and Rudolf Herzog as well as the art historian Alfred Lichtwark (1852-1914). Friendship with the writer Detlev von Liliencron (1844-1909). Memories of the writer Otto Ernst (1862-1926), whose work deteriorated with "Hermannsland" into antisemitic ideology. Friendship with Jakob Loewenberg, who was Meier Spanier's mentor through the years of his university studies. In 1900 Meier Spanier became in charge of the teachers seminary in Muenster. In 1911 he was offered a position as director of a Jewish girl's school in Berlin, where he moved with his family.
Note:
Available on microfilm.
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German
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