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• Baeck, Leo   b. May 23, 1873  d. November 2, 1956
  (memorial only). The tomb of Rabbi Baeck's wife Natalie bears a memorial to her husband, one of the twentieth century's leading Jewish exponents and thinkers. President of the representative body of German Jews, he was imprisoned in Theresienstadt during the Second World War, and survived to enigrate to London, where he is buried. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
   
• Baum, Herbert    b. February 19, 1912  d. June 11, 1942
  Leader of a communist resistance group during the Nazi period. Set fire to a Nazi exhibition in 1942, captured by the Gestapo, and was either murdered or committed suicide. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: murder or suicide
  Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
   
• Bin-Gorion, Micha Josef    b. August 7, 1865  d. November 18, 1921
  Author. Born Micah Josef Berdichevsky, the son of an Hasidic Rabbi, at Medzhaybizh, Ukraine. An early marriage was ended when his traditionally minded father-in-law found that he was studying the so called Haskala or Enlightenment, which was a movement advocating that Jews integrate into modern secular society. After study at Volozhin Yeshiva, in 1890, he traveled to Germany and Switzerland to study at the universities of Berlin, Breslau and Bern completing a Doctorate in Philosophy. He began...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
   
• Cohen, Hermann    b. July 4, 1842  d. April 4, 1918
  Philosopher and theologian, propounder of Liberal Judaism (Bio by: David Conway)
  Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
   
• Holzer, Charlotte    b. December 7, 1909  d. September 29, 1980
  Member of the resistance group of Herbert Baum. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
   
• Lewandowski, Louis    b. April 23, 1821  d. February 4, 1894
  Cantor and composer who wrote many settings of the Jewish liturgy still regularly in use. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
   
• Schwarz, Joseph    b. October 10, 1880  d. November 10, 1926
  Opera singer. His mausoleum was used in WWII as a hiding place for Jews on the run; the roof could be accessed by the skylight over the tomb. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
   
• Ury, Lesser    b. November 7, 1861  d. October 18, 1931
  Artist - specialising in landscapes of the city - whose works were banned by the Nazis. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
   
• Wolff, Theodor    b. August 2, 1868  d. September 23, 1943
  Journalist and editor of the 'Berliner Tageblatt' newspaper. A founder of the German Liberal Democratic Party after the First World War. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Cause of death: died in concentration camp
  Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
   

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