Class of the Mosaisk Drengeskole (Mosaic Boys School) in Copenhagen.

Class of the Mosaisk Drengeskole (Mosaic Boys School) in Copenhagen.

Seated are: Aron Sloma (second from left), Mrs. Rasmussen (center); second row: Leo Goldberger (left), Bjorn Katznelson (second from left), Gerhard Salomon (second from right); back row: Harry Pihler, principal (left), John Block (second from right), Richard (?) Gelvan (right).

The Mosaic School for Boys and the Caroline School for Girls were established in the beginning of the nineteenth century for the purpose of acculturating the children of Russian Jewish immigrants into Danish culture. Though most of the teachers were not Jewish, the school also taught Jewish history and religion.