Summary
Vice-chairman of the Deutsch-Israelitischer Gemeindebund and Komitee für den Osten member who was entrusted after the First World War with the Auswärtiges Amt’s new Referat für jüdische Angelegenheiten (Zionism and Cosmopolitanism: Franz Oppenheimer and the Dream of a Jewish Future in Germany and Palestine, PDF p.271, p.276).
Details
- Sobernheim was among the non-Zionist establishment members who joined the KfdO when it opened beyond its Zionist founders in November 1914 (PDF p.271).
- Entrusting him with the Referat für jüdische Angelegenheiten was an achievement that outlived the First World War; in the Auswärtiges Amt he propagated the KfdO precept that the relationship with Zionism was important not only for German imperial interests in Eastern Europe but also for Germany’s interests in the Middle East, where Zionist influence was growing (PDF p.276).
- With Franz Oppenheimer and Adolf Friedemann, on behalf of the KfdO, he was invited to the Auswärtiges Amt to receive the German declaration of January 5, 1918 (PDF p.280).
Related pages
Zionism and Cosmopolitanism: Franz Oppenheimer and the Dream of a Jewish Future in Germany and Palestine, Franz Oppenheimer, Komitee für den Osten, Neue Jüdische Monatshefte