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== Biography == |
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Arthur Hantke was born in Berlin into a Jewish religious family from [[Posen (region)|Posen]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/EncyclopediaJudaica|title=Encyclopaedia Judaica|editor1-last=Skolnik|editor1-first=Fred|editor2-last=Berenbaum|editor2-first=Michael|first=Michael|last=Heymann |
Arthur Hantke was born in Berlin into a Jewish religious family from [[Posen (region)|Posen]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/EncyclopediaJudaica|title=Encyclopaedia Judaica|editor1-last=Skolnik|editor1-first=Fred|editor2-last=Berenbaum|editor2-first=Michael|first=Michael|last=Heymann|chapter=Hantke, Arthur|DUPLICATE_year=2007|publisher=Macmillan|year=|isbn=9780028659367|volume=8|location=|page=331|pages=}}</ref> and received a Jewish traditional education. He studied at the [[Humboldt University of Berlin]] and the [[University of Freiburg]], and graduated as a doctor of law. He opened his own law firm in 1900.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tidhar.tourolib.org/tidhar/view/4/1694|title=1694 {{!}} Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel|last=Tidhar|first=David|website=www.tidhar.tourolib.org|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref> From 1909 he was married to Edith nee Heiman (died in Jerusalem in 1949) and was the father of Yonatan (Theodore) Hantke.<ref name=":0" /> Hantke died in 1955 in Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_LwUNv72jQC&pg=PA275|title=Tagebücher 1915 bis 1927|last=Ben-Gavriêl|first=Moshe Yaacov|last2=Ben-Gavrîʾēl|first2=Moše Yaʿaqov|date=1999|publisher=Böhlau Verlag|location=Vienna|isbn=9783205991373|language=de}}</ref> |
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== Zionist activism == |
== Zionist activism == |
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As a student he was influenced by Russian Jews and approached the Zionist idea, in 1893 he was among the founders of the [[Jüdische Humanitätsgesellschaft|Jewish Humanities Society]](Jüdische humanitatsgesellschaft), a national Jewish organization in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKwyyGrTSvAC&pg=PA20|title=Before Catastrophe: The Distinctive Path of German Zionism|last=Lavsky|first=Hagit|date=1996|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0814326730|language=en}}</ref> He later joined the Zionist Organization and from 1901 was a delegate to all Zionist congresses.<ref name=":0" /> In 1903, he was elected to the board of directors of the Jewish National Fund, where he held until 1928. In 1910 he was appointed chairman of the Zionist Organization in Germany, a position he held until 1920.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.il/books?id=AvU8DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA268|title=Essential Papers on Zionism|last=Reinharz|first=Jehuda|last2=Shapira|first2=Anita|date=1996|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814774496|language=en}}</ref> In 1911 he was elected to the Zionist Executive in Berlin<ref name=":1" />. With the outbreak of the First World War, he transferred with Otto Warburg the Zionist Executive to Copenhagen, which was neutral, and at the same time worked with the aid of the Jews of Eastern Europe who were under German occupation and with the Germans trying to influence the Turks not to destroy the Jewish community in Eretz Israel. He opposed the establishment of the Jewish Legion because he wanted the Zionists will remain neutral. He gladly accepted the Balfour Declaration and worked to receive parallel statements from the Central Powers.<ref name=":0" />.Hentke has meet was [[Ottokar Czernin]] the foreign minster of [[Austria-Hungary]] and during the interview gained support for Zionist cause<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Friedman|first=Isaiah|date=1965|title=The Austro-Hungarian Government and Zionism: 1897-1918 |
As a student he was influenced by Russian Jews and approached the Zionist idea, in 1893 he was among the founders of the [[Jüdische Humanitätsgesellschaft|Jewish Humanities Society]](Jüdische humanitatsgesellschaft), a national Jewish organization in Berlin.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eKwyyGrTSvAC&pg=PA20|title=Before Catastrophe: The Distinctive Path of German Zionism|last=Lavsky|first=Hagit|date=1996|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0814326730|language=en}}</ref> He later joined the Zionist Organization and from 1901 was a delegate to all Zionist congresses.<ref name=":0" /> In 1903, he was elected to the board of directors of the Jewish National Fund, where he held until 1928. In 1910 he was appointed chairman of the Zionist Organization in Germany, a position he held until 1920.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.il/books?id=AvU8DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA268|title=Essential Papers on Zionism|last=Reinharz|first=Jehuda|last2=Shapira|first2=Anita|date=1996|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=9780814774496|language=en}}</ref> In 1911 he was elected to the Zionist Executive in Berlin<ref name=":1" />. With the outbreak of the First World War, he transferred with Otto Warburg the Zionist Executive to Copenhagen, which was neutral, and at the same time worked with the aid of the Jews of Eastern Europe who were under German occupation and with the Germans trying to influence the Turks not to destroy the Jewish community in Eretz Israel. He opposed the establishment of the Jewish Legion because he wanted the Zionists will remain neutral. He gladly accepted the Balfour Declaration and worked to receive parallel statements from the Central Powers.<ref name=":0" />.Hentke has meet was [[Ottokar Czernin]] the foreign minster of [[Austria-Hungary]] and during the interview gained support for Zionist cause<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Friedman|first=Isaiah|date=1965|title=The Austro-Hungarian Government and Zionism: 1897-1918|journal=Jewish Social Studies|volume=27|issue=3|pages=147–167|jstor=4466181}}</ref> |
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In 1919 he initiated the establishment of the Central Zionist Archives. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zionistarchives.org.il/en/about-us/Pages/history-of-the-CZA.aspx|title=History of the CZA - הארכיון הציוני|last=|first=|date=|website=www.zionistarchives.org.il|language=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref>With the establishment of Keren Hayesod, he was appointed Head of the Fund's Central European Department. In 1926 he was appointed as a director of the Keren Hayesod and immigrated to Israel, where the Central Bureau of the Fund was located. In 1933 he was appointed to head Keren Hayesod. As part of his job, he was required to deal with the issue of the immigration of German Jews after the Nazis came to power.<ref name=":0" /> |
In 1919 he initiated the establishment of the Central Zionist Archives. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zionistarchives.org.il/en/about-us/Pages/history-of-the-CZA.aspx|title=History of the CZA - הארכיון הציוני|last=|first=|date=|website=www.zionistarchives.org.il|language=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref>With the establishment of Keren Hayesod, he was appointed Head of the Fund's Central European Department. In 1926 he was appointed as a director of the Keren Hayesod and immigrated to Israel, where the Central Bureau of the Fund was located. In 1933 he was appointed to head Keren Hayesod. As part of his job, he was required to deal with the issue of the immigration of German Jews after the Nazis came to power.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Revision as of 22:34, 25 May 2018
Arthur Menachem Hantke (March 5, 1874 - October 9, 1955[1]) was a jurist, lawyer and economist, one of the leaders of Zionism in Germany and one of the leaders of the Zionist fundraising organization Keren Hayesod.
Biography
Arthur Hantke was born in Berlin into a Jewish religious family from Posen,[2] and received a Jewish traditional education. He studied at the Humboldt University of Berlin and the University of Freiburg, and graduated as a doctor of law. He opened his own law firm in 1900.[3] From 1909 he was married to Edith nee Heiman (died in Jerusalem in 1949) and was the father of Yonatan (Theodore) Hantke.[3] Hantke died in 1955 in Jerusalem.[4]
Zionist activism
As a student he was influenced by Russian Jews and approached the Zionist idea, in 1893 he was among the founders of the Jewish Humanities Society(Jüdische humanitatsgesellschaft), a national Jewish organization in Berlin.[5] He later joined the Zionist Organization and from 1901 was a delegate to all Zionist congresses.[3] In 1903, he was elected to the board of directors of the Jewish National Fund, where he held until 1928. In 1910 he was appointed chairman of the Zionist Organization in Germany, a position he held until 1920.[6] In 1911 he was elected to the Zionist Executive in Berlin[2]. With the outbreak of the First World War, he transferred with Otto Warburg the Zionist Executive to Copenhagen, which was neutral, and at the same time worked with the aid of the Jews of Eastern Europe who were under German occupation and with the Germans trying to influence the Turks not to destroy the Jewish community in Eretz Israel. He opposed the establishment of the Jewish Legion because he wanted the Zionists will remain neutral. He gladly accepted the Balfour Declaration and worked to receive parallel statements from the Central Powers.[3].Hentke has meet was Ottokar Czernin the foreign minster of Austria-Hungary and during the interview gained support for Zionist cause[7]
In 1919 he initiated the establishment of the Central Zionist Archives. [8]With the establishment of Keren Hayesod, he was appointed Head of the Fund's Central European Department. In 1926 he was appointed as a director of the Keren Hayesod and immigrated to Israel, where the Central Bureau of the Fund was located. In 1933 he was appointed to head Keren Hayesod. As part of his job, he was required to deal with the issue of the immigration of German Jews after the Nazis came to power.[3]
Even Menachem, a moshav in Northern Israel, is named for him, as are streets in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Kiryat Motzkin, and Kiryat Bialik.[9][2]
References
- ^ Mendelsohn, Ezra; Cohen, Richard I. (1990). Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Volume VI: Art and Its Uses: The Visual Image and Modern Jewish Society. Institute of Contemporary Jewry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ISBN 9780195362862.
- ^ a b c Heymann, Michael. "Hantke, Arthur". In Skolnik, Fred; Berenbaum, Michael (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 8. Macmillan. p. 331. ISBN 9780028659367.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|DUPLICATE_year=ignored (help) - ^ a b c d e Tidhar, David. "1694 | Encyclopedia of the Founders and Builders of Israel". www.tidhar.tourolib.org. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ Ben-Gavriêl, Moshe Yaacov; Ben-Gavrîʾēl, Moše Yaʿaqov (1999). Tagebücher 1915 bis 1927 (in German). Vienna: Böhlau Verlag. ISBN 9783205991373.
- ^ Lavsky, Hagit (1996). Before Catastrophe: The Distinctive Path of German Zionism. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0814326730.
- ^ Reinharz, Jehuda; Shapira, Anita (1996). Essential Papers on Zionism. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814774496.
- ^ Friedman, Isaiah (1965). "The Austro-Hungarian Government and Zionism: 1897-1918". Jewish Social Studies. 27 (3): 147–167. JSTOR 4466181.
- ^ "History of the CZA - הארכיון הציוני". www.zionistarchives.org.il. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Eisenberg, Ronald L. (2006). The Streets of Jerusalem: Who, What, why. Devora Publishing. ISBN 9781932687545.