06 February 2014

The Ethical Seminar in Czernowitz

Leo Baeck Institute: Constantin Brunner (actually named Leo Wertheimer) was born in Altona, Germany on August 27, 1862, the grandson of Rabbi Akiba Wertheimer. [...] Brunner lived since 1895 as an independent academic with his family in Berlin; 1913-30 in Potsdam and after l933 in exile in The Hague, where he died on August 27, 1937. With his Magnum Opus "Die Lehre von den Geistigen und vom Volk" he conceptualized a philosophical system connected to Spinoza and against Kant, Nietzsche and academic philosophy. [...] Since the publication of his main work in 1908, but especially due to his personality, Brunner attracted the spiritually young, as well as intellectuals, politicians and artists, thus creating the "Brunner-Circle". [...]

Constantin Brunner and Frederick Kettner, Misdroy/Poland, August 1912

Apart from Berlin, where a Constantin Brunner Society was formed in 1925, the main center was in Czernowitz, the "Ethical Seminar" founded by Frederick Kettner [actually named Friedrich Katz] in 1919.

The Ethical Seminar Czernowitz, 1921
The Ethical Seminar Czernowitz, 1922
Since 1933 his followers dispersed all over the world. In 1947 they founded the "International Constantin Brunner Institute" in The Hague to publish Brunner’s work once again and to advocate his memory.

Eduard Rudnicki / Eli Rottner, 1925

Leo Baeck Institute: Eduard Rudnicki, better known as Eli Rottner, was born on March 8, 1898 in Stryj, East Galicia. [...] His friend Schlomo Ball introduced Rudnicki to the Jewish Zionist youth organization Haschomer being a member himself. In the spring of 1919, however, they formed their own youth group working on a farm in Slobodka-Lesna in order to enlarge their agricultural abilities aiming to immigrate to Palestine in the near future. In June 1919, a pogrom in this town, in which several were killed and others badly injured, forced Rudnicki and Ball to leave Slobodka-Lesna. They illegally fled to Czernowitz, which was Rumanian territory since 1918. In Czernowitz, Rudnicki got to know Friedrich Katz. Friedrich Katz (1886-1957) was a teacher, philosophical author and poet, who called himself Frederick Kettner after his immigration to the U.S.A. [...] Katz played an important role in the reception of the philosophy of Constantin Brunner, being the founder of the so-called 'Ethical Seminar' in Czernowitz, which Eduard Rudnicki joined. [...] In 1957, he immigrated to Israel after having lived in Poland until then. Because of bad health, Rudnicki returned to Germany to his daughter in 1966, divorced his wife and died in 1979. Eduard Rudnicki/Eli Rottner is the author of [...] "Das Ethische Seminar in Czernowitz - Die Wiege des internationalen Constantin-Brunner-Kreises".
No.
First Name and Surname
Original Profession
Residence (1965)
Deceased
Year
Photographs 1866-1994
Series VI
Subseries / Box / Folder
1
Ignaz / Irving Ausländer
employee
New York



2
Rose Ausländer née Scherzer
poetess
New York


7 / 1 / 1
3
Bella Ball née Rosenkranz
hausfrau

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944
6 / 1 / 1; 7 / 1 / 2
4
Schlomo Ball
accountant

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944
6 / 1 / 1; 7 / 1 / 2
5
Karl / Kalman Barasch
physician
Haifa / Israel



6
Jakob Baron
dentist
Milan / Italy



7
Rika Baumgarten-Pitaru
hausfrau
Haifa



8
Eliezer / Lothar Bickel
physician and writer

Deceased after 1944
1951
2 / 1 / 3; 6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3; 7 / 1 / 3
9
Mady Bickel




6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3
10
Esther Billig
employee
USA



11
Margarete Bittlinger




6 / 1 / 2
12
Blitz




6 / 1 / 1
13
Donia Breger-Moris
hausfrau
Jerusalem



14
Berta Breitner
hausfrau
Israel



15
Phöbus Chacham
musician
South-America



16
Frieda Chalfen-Weidler
physician
Jerusalem



17
Babette Chomed
piano teacher
Romania



18
Eliezer Damm
employee
Czernowitz



19
Fanny Dankner
secondary school teacher
Tel Aviv



20
Rosa Dickmann
secondary school teacher
USSR



21
Rachel Drimmer
artisan
Tel Aviv



22
Rifka / Ruth Drimmer
cosmetician
Tel Aviv



23
Josef Drucker
lawyer

Deceased after 1944
?

24
Josef Ehrenkranz




6 / 1 / 3
25
Leonore Ehrenkranz née Krämer




6 / 1 / 3
26
Israel Eisenstein
physician
Ramat Gan, Israel


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2, 6 / 1 / 3; 6 / 1 / 4; 6 / 1 / 5; 6 / 1 / 6; 7 / 2 / 2
27
Lisa Eisenstein




6 / 1 / 3
28
Meschulam Eisenstein
graduate engineer
Bucharest


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 5; 6 / 1 / 6; 6 / 1 / 7; 7 / 2 / 3 ?
29
Toni Eisenstein née Weinrauch
secondary school teacher
Bucharest



30
Dora Eisler
psychiologist
Tel Aviv



31
Asriel Engler
secondary school teacher
USSR



32
Rosa Engler née Freund
secondary school teacher
USSR



33
Essenfeld




6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3
34
Emanuel Essenfeld
physician
Caracas / Venezuela


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3
35
Maximilian Fischbach
graduate engineer

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944

36
Wilhelm Fischbach




6 / 1 / 1
37
Hermann Flickstein (Henry Freeman)
secondary school teacher
New York



38
Jakob Flickstein
secondary school teacher

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944

39
Dora Freier-Biron
hausfrau
England



40
Koppel Fröhlich




6 / 1 / 3
41
Paula Fröhlich




6 / 1 / 2
42
Geller




6 / 1 / 1
43
Hedwig Gingold née Grabscheid
director
San Francisco



44
Norbert Gingold
composer and conductor
San Francisco



45
Bella Glasberg





46
David Glasberg
physician

Deceased after 1944
1962
7 / 2 / 4
47
Moritz / Moniu Goldschläger
MBA
Haifa


6 / 1 / 3; 6 / 1 / 7
48
Lea Gott
hausfrau
Bucharest



49
Mosche Gronich
physician
France


6 / 1 / 1 ?
50
Saly Gronich
accountant
Israel



51
Toni Gronich-Bermann
hausfrau

Deceased after 1944
1960

52
Hansi / Johann Grossmann
construction technician and painter

Deceased after 1944
1958
6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3
53
Elinor Grünberg




6 / 1 / 3
54
Eugenie Grünberg née Hurtig
secondary school teacher
Bucharest


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3; 6 / 1 / 5; 6 / 1 / 6; 6 / 1 / 7; 7 / 2 / 6
55
Phobeus Grünberg
secondary school teacher
Bucharest


6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3; 6 / 1 / 5; 7 / 2 / 6
56
Wilhelm Grünberg
physician
Düsseldorf


6 / 1 / 1
57
Louis Hafner
employee
New York



58
Camillo Hart
physician
USSR / ?



59
David Hasenfratz
businessman
Paris



60
Adolf Heitner
physician
Bucharest


6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 5
61
Perle Hessing
painter
Sydney / Australia



62
Siegfried Hessing
writer
Sydney / Australia



63
Hirsch




6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3
64
Anna Hirsch




6 / 1 / 1
65
Aron Hirsch
public servant
Israel


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3
66
Anny Hirsch née Silberbusch
hausfrau
Israel


6 / 1 / 1
67
Josef Hitzig
university professor

Deceased after 1944
1963

68
Gisela Hitzig-Körner
hausfrau

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944

69
Mirjam Hoffert-Chorani
sociologist
Tel Aviv



70
Abraham Hollinger
university professor, mathematics
Bucharest



71
Berta Hollinger
student

Suicide
1922

72
Jochebed Hollinger
kindergartener
London



73
Paul Hollinger
businessman

Deceased after 1944
1964
6 / 1 / 1; 7 / 2 / 8
74
Rosa Horowitz
pharmacist

Deceased after 1944
1946

75
Tuliu Horowitz
physician
Israel



76
Lola Huber-Feldmann
hausfrau
France



77
Rosa Huber-Semmel
hausfrau
Israel



78
Josef Hurtig
secondary school teacher

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944
3 / 1 / 7; 7 / 2 / 8
79
Milo Isackson
physician
Paris



80
Rudolf Jankiel
composer, music teacher
New York



81
Mala Just
nurse

Deceased after 1944
1949

82
Sascha Just
employee

Deceased after 1944
1945

83
Anna Kaes
hausfrau
Israel



84
Siegfried Kaes
physician
Czernowitz



85
Armin Kahn / Costa
physician
Vienna



86
Golde Kalmann-Steigmann
hausfrau
Israel



87
Magdalena Kasch




6 / 1 / 2
88
Eva Katz
hausfrau
Israel



89
Rebbeka Katz
employee
Israel



90
Chana Katz-Fajcewicz
nurse
Israel



91
Meyer Kesten
psychiologist
Buenos Aires


6 / 1 / 3
92
Friedrich Kettner (Founder and leader of the „Ethical Seminar“)
secondary school teacher

Deceased after 1944
1957
2 / 1 / 1; 7 / 4 / 1
93
Gusta Kinnsbrunner
employee
Bucharest


6 / 1 / 1
94
Siegfried Klar
businessman
unknown



95
Friedel Körner-Weinstein
stenotypist
Israel



96
Mania Kraft
secondary school teacher
New York


7 / 4 / 1 ?
97
Hermann Kraushaar / Zwi Amital
farmer
Yagur / Israel



98
Isaak Kugler
university professor
Maracaibo / Venezuela



99
Mina Kümmelmann-Schmerz
unknown
unknown



100
Lazar Lachs
businessman
Vienna



101
Camillo Landmann
secondary school teacher
Israel



102
Fanny Landmann née Silbermann
hausfrau
Haifa / Israel



103
Schlomo Landmann
jurist and accountant
Haifa / Israel



104
Sara Laufer
employee
Jerusalem


6 / 1 / 4
105
Tuliu Laufer
physician
Halifax / Canada



106
Bronia Lautermann
hausfrau
Tel Aviv



107
Toni Lazarowicz
hausfrau

Deceased after 1944
?

108
Lilly Lehr-Bitter
hausfrau
Haifa



109
Max Liquornik
employee
Toronto / Canada


6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3; 7 / 4 / 2
110
Isiu Loebel / Jizchak Level
physician
Giv’atayim / Israel



111
Henry Lurie
graduate engineer
New York



112
Regina Lurie née Kümmelmann
hausfrau
New York



113
Bibi Meidler
employee

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944
6 / 1 / 1; 7 / 4 / 3
114
Tusia Meidler
hausfrau

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944

115
Chawa Meier
hausfrau

Deceased after 1944
1956

116
Heinrich Meier
businessman
Paris



117
Mirjam Meier née Hasenfratz
hausfrau
Paris



118
Schlomo Meilen
businessman

Deceased after 1944
1951

119
Munio Melzer
pharmacist
Israel



120
Viktor Melzer
physician
Bad Nauheim



121
Erna Menczer




6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3
122
Josef Menczer
physician

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944
6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3; 7 / 4 / 3
123
Adam Meyer
jurist

Suicide
1925

124
Schalom Miron formerly Putterklee
bookseller
Tel Aviv



125
Siegfried Miron




6 / 1 / 3
126
Norbert Neumann
jurist

Deceased after 1944
? / 1947

127
Willi Ordinans
graduate engineer
Tel Aviv



128
Fidsiu / Fritz Osterer
employee
Tel Aviv



129
Mirjam Pograbowski
unknown
unknown



130
Aron Moses Rapaport
physician, university professor
Toronto / Canada


6 / 1 / 7; 7 / 4 / 6 ?
131
Josef Rathauser




6 / 1 / 1
132
Chawa Rauchwerger
unknown
Paris



133
Michael Rechter
secondary school teacher

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944

134
Samuel (?) Reiter
unknown
unknown



135
Siegfried Reitmann
pharmacist
Tiberias / Israel



136
Susi Resch née Pesach
hausfrau
Haifa


6 / 1 / 1
137
Simon Resch
physician
Haifa



138
Abraham Retter
graduate engineer
Jerusalem


6 / 1 / 7; 7 / 4 / 6
139
Malka Retter née Brunstein
hausfrau
Jerusalem


7 / 4 / 6
140
Rinde




6 / 1 / 1
141
Friedrich Roll
graduate engineer
Düsseldorf



142
Chawa Rosenblatt
laboratory assistant
Jerusalem



143
Gisela Rosenblatt
hausfrau
Haifa



144
Emil Rosenkranz / Rosi
graduate engineer

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944

145
Pnina Rosenkranz née Katz
secondary school teacher

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944

146
Ludwig Rost
lawyer
New York


6 / 1 / 3
147
Misia Rost
secondary school teacher
New York



148
Eli Rottner / Edward Rudnicki
graduate economist
Jerusalem


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 3; 7 / 5 / 1
149
David / Dagobert Runes
writer and publisher
New York



150
Maria Runes née Gronich
hausfrau
New York



151
Lotte Sack
hausfrau
Haifa



152
Frieda Sack-Schapira
hausfrau
Tel Aviv



153
Arnold Salzberg
physician
Tel Aviv



154
Ludwig Sandmann
employee

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944
6 / 1 / 1 ?
155
Jizchak Schapira
chemist

Suicide
1924

156
Nusiu Schapira
physician
USA



157
Berta Schatten
pianist

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944

158
Siegi Schatten
pianist

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944

159
Opanas Schewtschukiewicz (The only so-called „Aryan“)
physician
Czernowitz



160
Camillo Schleier
businessman
Paris



161
Baruch Schleim
employee
Bucharest



162
Toni Schneeberg
unknown

Perished in the Holocaust
1941-1944

163
Sunia Schneier
employee
Jerusalem



164
Rosa Schwarz-Rosenbach
employee
USSR



165
Irene Schwarzer
unknown
unknown



166
Hersch Segal
secondary school teacher
Rechovot / Israel



167
Josef Seide
employee
Tel Aviv


6 / 1 / 5
168
Lotte Seide née Klein
hausfrau
Tel Aviv


6 / 1 / 5 ?
169
Karl Semmel
businessman
Israel



170
Anny Silber
teacher
Israel


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 3; 6 / 1 / 4; 6 / 1 / 5; 7 / 5 / 3
171
Sophie Silberbusch-Bimko
hausfrau
Israel



172
Jehuda Silbermann
pharmacist

Deceased after 1944
1958

173
Daniel Sinnreich
physician
Vatra Dornei


6 / 1 / 3; 7 / 5 / 3
174
Nathan Sinnreich
graduate engineer
Bucharest


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3; 6 / 1 / 5; 7 / 5 / 3
175
Claire Sinnreich née Hönich
hausfrau
Bucharest


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3; 7 / 5 / 3
176
Steffi Smuthny




6 / 1 / 1
177
Genia Sonnenschein
hausfrau
Haifa



178
Leo Sonntag
businessman
Paris


3 / 1 / 7; 6 / 1 / 5; 7 / 5 / 3
179
Erna Sonntag née Sucher
employee

Deceased after 1944
1963
6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2
180
Klara Sonntag-Meidler
employee
Paris


6 / 1 / 1; 7 / 4 / 3 ?
181
Luzy Sternberg-Grossmann
employee
Bucharest



182
Anny Sternberg-Hitzig
employee
Bucharest



183
Rika Sternberg-Holder
hausfrau
Caracas


6 / 1 / 1
184
Rosa Sternberg-Miron
sewer
Tel Aviv


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 4; 6 / 1 / 6; 6 / 1 / 7; 7 / 4 / 3
185
Lore Sternchuß née Neumann
hausfrau
Toronto


7 / 5 / 4 ?
186
Mosche Sternschuß / Sterian
secondary school teacher
Toronto


6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3; 7 / 5 / 4
187
Gabriel Stier
physician
Tel Aviv


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3; 6 / 1 / 4; 6 / 1 / 5
188
Koka Stier




6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3
189
Rosa Storfer-Landau
physician
England



190
Fabian Sucher
accountant
Israel



191
Salo Tischler
accountant

Deceased after 1944
1963
6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3 ?
192
Israel Wiegler
MBA
Haifa


6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 3; 7 / 5 / 4
193
Malcia Wiegler née Filzer
hausfrau
Haifa


6 / 1 / 3
194
Regina Wiegler
pharmacist
Buenos Aires



195
Zilly Wiegler
employee

Deceased after 1944
1945

196
Heinrich Winik
psychiatrist
Jerusalem


6 / 1 / 1; 6 / 1 / 2; 6 / 1 / 4
197
Berta Winkler-Schönfeld
hausfrau
Tel Aviv



198
Wolf




6 / 1 / 2
199
Elias Zolkiewer al. Ringer (Kettner’s deputy)
secondary school teacher
Czernowitz



200
Heinrich (?) Zucker / der Bucklige
unknown
unknown



201
Ignaz Zwielich
secondary school teacher
New York



1 comment:

Primavera Driessen Gruber said...

Dear Mr. Hauster, I'm very happy to have found your database on the members of the Ethisches Seminar in Czernowitz, while working on an Austrian biographical handbook of musicians, persecuted by nazisme. Do you have a death year of Norbert Gingold and his wife Hedwig? I would be very grateful to find more information on the other musicians like Berta and Siegi Schatten, Phöbus Chacham and maybe Samuel Reiter.
Looking forward to hear from you
Primavera Driessen Gruber