Studio portrait of Walter Lande wearing his medical officer's uniform.
Overview
- Caption
- Studio portrait of Walter Lande wearing his medical officer's uniform.
- Date
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1914 - 1918
- Locale
- Hanover, [Prussian Hanover; Lower Saxony] Germany ? ?
- Variant Locale
- Hannover
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Peter Lande
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Peter LandeSource Record ID: Collections: 2015.579.1
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Walter Lande, was born in 1889 to parents Paul and Maria (née Lippmann), in Pleschen (presently Pleszew, Poland). Walter had two sisters, Luise "Lilli" (b. 1892) and Margarete (b. 1894). Paul and Maria Lande converted to Christianity in the late 19th century and raised their children as non-Jews.
As a young man Walter studied law in Freiburg, Geneva, and Berlin. After completing his studies he became a law clerk. During the First World War, Walter served as a medic in Belgium. He later joined the education division of the German occupation administration. Upon his return to Germany Walter entered the Prussian Ministry of Education. During this time he authored many articles and books on the legal aspects of German pedagogy.
In 1925 Walter married Margarete Feldmann who was non-Jewish. The couple lived in Berlin where they welcomed a son, Peter. In the late 1920s Walter began a political career as a member of the Reichsrat, where he represented the German Social Democratic Party. In April 1933, following the introduction of Nazi strictures targeting Jewish civil servants and professionals, Walter was ousted from his positions. Within two years Walter emigrated from Germany to the United States and resumed a career in education. His wife and son followed in 1937. In that same year Lilli Lande (Ehrlich), who had converted to Judaism and married a Zionist, immigrated to Palestine. Only Margarete Landé remained in Germany. Margarete survived the Holocaust in hiding with assistance from the Nazi race theorist Ludwig Clauss, a former colleague with whom she had long-standing relationship.
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- 2016-05-25 00:00:00
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