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A Voice of German-Jewish Renaissance

One year ago Jewish Voice from Germany was launched. The positive response we have had is a real success story. In this issue we show how eighty years after the Nazis took power Jewish life in Germany surprises with a vivid renaissance – and we thank our readers.

Eighty years ago torches were burning across Germany. On January 30th 1933, Hitler was named Reichskanzler. That evening he had his SA platoons march through the Brandenburg Gate to demonstrate to the world that he and his Nazi party had already seized power.

Hitler became dictator with ease because most people either did not care or openly supported the Nazis. As soon as 1933, Jewish businesses were boycotted, Jewish civil servants dismissed. The Nuremberg Laws of 1935 denigrated Jews as second-class beings. Emigration, persecution, and the Shoah were to follow.

The legacy of German Jewry

Yet the legacy German Jewry was not destroyed in 1933 or 1942 as the Nazis had planned.

The Jewish Voice from Germany acts as a chronicler of German Jewry. Our authors write about the events of 1933 and the contemporary renaissance of Jewish life in Germany.

We also focus on international affairs. In this edition, we have an interview with the German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, about the future perspectives for German-Israeli partnerships. The chairman of a prominent anti-racist initiative informs us of the dangers of right-wing extremism in Europe.

In our economic section, we discuss the need to reindustrialize Europe and America and on the culture pages you will find stories about creative Israeli minds in Berlin and a report on the Jewish Voice’s reception in New York.

Jewish Voice one year ago

When the Jewish Voice from Germany was launched a year ago, it had 24 pages and a print run of 30,000 issues. This edition has 28 pages and will run to 50,000 copies. It includes a supplement from Thuringia. The positive response we have had is a real success story in the age of newspaper decline. The Jewish Voice fulfills its readers’ and clients’ desire to get first hand information and to discuss both the past and the prospective future of German Jewry.

We thank our readers

I thank you, our readers, our advertising partners as well as our dedicated editorial team and the many contributors for our stunning success. We aim to vindicate the trust that has been placed in us and will work even harder to both maintain and deepen your interest in this paper and expanding our readership.

Happy New Year!
Rafael Seligmann

Photo Credit: dpa

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