Summary
Franz Oppenheimer’s Frankfurt student, who became the first minister of economic affairs for the Federal Republic of Germany and its second chancellor, and who publicly recognised Oppenheimer as a guiding intellectual force and announced a Federal Post Office stamp bearing his portrait in the series “important Germans” (Zionism and Cosmopolitanism: Franz Oppenheimer and the Dream of a Jewish Future in Germany and Palestine, PDF p.16).
Details
- Erhard’s importance for the establishment of the German soziale Marktwirtschaft warranted investigations into Oppenheimer’s impact on the republic’s economic system, though historians generally tend to downplay Oppenheimer’s role in Erhard’s actual implementation (PDF p.16).
- In his centennial speech for Oppenheimer, Erhard recalled his farewell as Oppenheimer fled Nazi Germany, emphasising his Germanness (PDF p.16-17).
Related pages
Zionism and Cosmopolitanism: Franz Oppenheimer and the Dream of a Jewish Future in Germany and Palestine, Franz Oppenheimer, Liberal socialism