As the Leo Baeck Institute marks its 70th anniversary, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle has published a feature on the Institute’s mission to preserve the cultural achievements and everyday lives of German-speaking Jews.
The article explores the founding vision of the LBI: ‘In 1955, ten years after World War II ended, a group of German-speaking Jewish intellectuals including philosopher Hannah Arendt and historian Gershom Scholem founded the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI) “to show what the Nazis had destroyed”, explains Michael Brenner, professor of Jewish history and culture at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich.’
Reflecting on the attempted destruction of Jewish culture during the twelve years of Nazi rule, Israeli-Austrian historian Doron Rabinovici adds, ‘Remembrance was also resistance against forgetting, against erasure’.
You can read the full article in English online at: https://www.dw.com/en/leo-baeck-institute-70-years-marking-german-jewish-heritage/a-72949728
