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Name
  
Kurt Blumenfeld

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Died
  
May 21, 1963, Jerusalem, Israel

Books
  
Jewish Frontier Anthology, 1934-1944

Similar People
  
Michael Degen, Margarethe von Trotta, Hannah Arendt, Pam Katz

Kurt Blumenfeld (May 29, 1884 – May 21, 1963) was a German-born Zionist from Marggrabowa, East Prussia. He was the secretary general of the World Zionist Organization from 1911 to 1914. He died in Jerusalem.

He had served as secretary of the German Federation of Zionists from 1909 to 1911 and later served as president of that organization beginning in 1924.

He was a good friend of Hannah Arendt.

Works

  • Kurt Blumenfeld und Hans Tramer: Erlebte Judenfrage. Ein Viertel-Jahrhundert deutscher Zionismus. Stuttgart 1962
  • Im Kampf um den Zionismus. Briefe aus funf Jahrzehnten. Stuttgart 1976
  • Hannah Arendt und Kurt Blumenfeld: ... in keinem Besitz verwurzelt. Die Korrespondenz, hrsg. von Ingeborg Nordmann und Iris Pilling, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 388022806X
  • References

    Kurt Blumenfeld Wikipedia