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German-Jews fill an auditorium to attend a meeting [of what probably is the Centralverein] presided by Julius Brodnitz.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 05301
German-Jews fill an auditorium to attend a meeting [of what probably is the Centralverein] presided by Julius Brodnitz.

German-Jews fill an auditorium to attend a meeting [of what probably is the Centralverein] presided by Julius Brodnitz.

Date
Circa 1933 - 1936
Locale
Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
Variant Locale
Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Designation
JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Political Life -- Other
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Michael Brodnitz

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Biography
Julius Brodnitz was born in Posen in 1866. In 1894 he moved to Berlin to practice law and soon became one of the most eminent German-Jewish attorneys. He also was active in Jewish communal causes. He became a founding member of the Centralverein, an organization dedicated to combating antisemitism. He joined its board in 1900 and subsequently served on its legal committee and as president (1920-1936). He also served on the board of ORT. After the rise of Hitler, Julius Brodnitz became a founding member of the National Representation (Reichsvertretung) in 1933. Though not a Zionist, he actively promoted German Jewish immigration to Palestine. In March 1933, together with head of Zionist Federation of Germany he cabled the American Jewish Committee in New York asking them to stop ant-Nazi demonstrations in an unsuccessful effort to try to ward off threatened boycott. Julius Brodnitz died in June 1936 at the age of 69 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was survived by three sons: Friedrich who headed the Federation of Jewish Youth Organizations in Germany, Otto who immigrated to the United States and Henry who immigrated to Palestine.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Michael Brodnitz
 
Record last modified: 2008-12-10 00:00:00
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