Jizchak Schwersenz, director of the Youth Aliyah school in Berlin, poses outside with some of his students.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 46214

Overview

Caption: Jizchak Schwersenz, director of the Youth Aliyah school in Berlin, poses outside with some of his students.
Date: 1940
Locale: Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
Variant Locale: Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jizchak Schwersenz
Event History: The Youth Aliyah school in Berlin was founded in 1936 by the Jewish community to accommodate the increasing numbers of young people who wanted to join the Hehalutz Zionist youth movement in order to train for immigration to Palestine. Though Jewish youth groups were banned by the Nazis in 1936, the Youth Aliyah school was tolerated for several more years because it prepared Jews for emigration. In May 1939 Jizchak Schwersenz became its director. When the Nazis prohibited Jewish emigration in October 1941, they closed the Youth Aliyah school.

https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005142.

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Jizchak Schwersenz

Keyword: GROUP PORTRAITS JEWS (GERMAN) SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/CLASSES SCHWERSENZ, JIZCHAK YOUTH ALIYAH ZIONIST GROUPS (HEHALUTZ) ZIONIST GROUPS/ZIONISM
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Schools/School Holiday Celebrations -- Youth Aliyah School