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5 statements
01Evidence and context
Nearly 1,600 Jews were baptized in Berlin between 1770 and 1830.
Rahel Levin Varnhagen brought Jewish and Christian figures together in her literary salon.
Varnhagen converted to Protestantism in 1819 to marry a Prussian diplomat.
Abraham Mendelssohn raised his children as Protestants to widen their social opportunities.
About 22,500 German Jews converted to Christianity during the nineteenth century.
Context
Varnhagen converted to Protestantism in 1819 to marry a Prussian diplomat.
Abraham Mendelssohn raised his children as Protestants to widen their social opportunities.
About 22,500 German Jews converted to Christianity during the nineteenth century.
§ 01Geography
Where it happened
§ 04Network
Connections
§ 05Bibliography
Further reading
Steven M. Lowenstein, The Berlin Jewish Community: Enlightenment, Family, and Crisis, 1770 to 1830 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994).
Berlin Jewish community · recommended in Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman, p. 289
§ 06Apparatus
Sources on this page
- 01Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman, p. 266inspect
- 02Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman, p. 265inspect
- 03Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman, p. 266inspect
- 04Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman, p. 266inspect
- 05Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman, p. 265inspect
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