Ernst Levy, JUD, Professor of Roman Law, University of Washington, Seattle
In 1935, Ernst Levy lost his job as a Law Professor of Roman and Private Law at the University of Heidelberg due to Nazi boycotts on racist grounds. On May 21, 1935, the Nazi's posted guards at the entrances to Max Gutzwiller's lecture hall to keep students out, and that boycott was quickly extended to all Jewish professors. By October 23, 1935, the Rector and other ministers at the Univeristy felt comfortable to cancel the classes due to "lack of interest", and dismissed Ernst and other Jewish law professors from their positions.
It was decided it was time to leave Germany.
His daugter, Brigitte, her husband Edgar, and the Levy family wound up in Seattle, where Ernst Levy had received an appointment at the University of Washington as a history professor. But there was a problem. Ernst did not speak English well, if at all. This was quickly remedied by Brigitte. She transliterated his written lectures so that when he read them, he was reading what appeared to be German but the sounds were coming out as English.
1966, Marie and Ernst Levy moved to Davis, California from Basel, Switzerland, to be near their daughter Brigitte Bodenheimer. Their address was 830-832 B St., Davis, a duplex, and they lived on the upper floor.
In 1935, Ernst Levy lost his job as a Law Professor of Roman and Private Law at the University of Heidelberg due to Nazi boycotts on racist grounds. On May 21, 1935, the Nazi's posted guards at the entrances to Max Gutzwiller's lecture hall to keep students out, and that boycott was quickly extended to all Jewish professors. By October 23, 1935, the Rector and other ministers at the Univeristy felt comfortable to cancel the classes due to "lack of interest", and dismissed Ernst and other Jewish law professors from their positions.
It was decided it was time to leave Germany.
His daugter, Brigitte, her husband Edgar, and the Levy family wound up in Seattle, where Ernst Levy had received an appointment at the University of Washington as a history professor. But there was a problem. Ernst did not speak English well, if at all. This was quickly remedied by Brigitte. She transliterated his written lectures so that when he read them, he was reading what appeared to be German but the sounds were coming out as English.
1966, Marie and Ernst Levy moved to Davis, California from Basel, Switzerland, to be near their daughter Brigitte Bodenheimer. Their address was 830-832 B St., Davis, a duplex, and they lived on the upper floor.
Ernst Levy, JUD, Professor of Roman Law, University of Washington, Seattle
In 1935, Ernst Levy lost his job as a Law Professor of Roman and Private Law at the University of Heidelberg due to Nazi boycotts on racist grounds. On May 21, 1935, the Nazi's posted guards at the entrances to Max Gutzwiller's lecture hall to keep students out, and that boycott was quickly extended to all Jewish professors. By October 23, 1935, the Rector and other ministers at the Univeristy felt comfortable to cancel the classes due to "lack of interest", and dismissed Ernst and other Jewish law professors from their positions.
It was decided it was time to leave Germany.
His daugter, Brigitte, her husband Edgar, and the Levy family wound up in Seattle, where Ernst Levy had received an appointment at the University of Washington as a history professor. But there was a problem. Ernst did not speak English well, if at all. This was quickly remedied by Brigitte. She transliterated his written lectures so that when he read them, he was reading what appeared to be German but the sounds were coming out as English.
1966, Marie and Ernst Levy moved to Davis, California from Basel, Switzerland, to be near their daughter Brigitte Bodenheimer. Their address was 830-832 B St., Davis, a duplex, and they lived on the upper floor.
In 1935, Ernst Levy lost his job as a Law Professor of Roman and Private Law at the University of Heidelberg due to Nazi boycotts on racist grounds. On May 21, 1935, the Nazi's posted guards at the entrances to Max Gutzwiller's lecture hall to keep students out, and that boycott was quickly extended to all Jewish professors. By October 23, 1935, the Rector and other ministers at the Univeristy felt comfortable to cancel the classes due to "lack of interest", and dismissed Ernst and other Jewish law professors from their positions.
It was decided it was time to leave Germany.
His daugter, Brigitte, her husband Edgar, and the Levy family wound up in Seattle, where Ernst Levy had received an appointment at the University of Washington as a history professor. But there was a problem. Ernst did not speak English well, if at all. This was quickly remedied by Brigitte. She transliterated his written lectures so that when he read them, he was reading what appeared to be German but the sounds were coming out as English.
1966, Marie and Ernst Levy moved to Davis, California from Basel, Switzerland, to be near their daughter Brigitte Bodenheimer. Their address was 830-832 B St., Davis, a duplex, and they lived on the upper floor.
