CHAPTER 32––The Twilight Dynasty Even as Max helped people ... (1938)
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- The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family whole source · open book
It provided work nationwide for seventeen hundred Jewish actors, entertainers, and musicians hounded from their jobs. On January 9, 1938, in a last, misplaced expression of faith in the future of German Jewry, Max hammered in the mezzuzah to dedicate a new Jewish Community Center in Hamburg. With Jews banned from libraries, theaters, and social clubs, they were imprisoned in their homes, and Max hoped this center would buck up their courage.
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