A joyous occasion in difficult times
A wedding as a respite
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“For this marriage, consecrated by God, we fervently request salvation, peace and blessings.”
BERLIN
In a year marred by numerous alarming anti-Jewish measures, the wedding of Frieda Ascher and Bernhard Rosenberg on October 23rd in Berlin must have provided a much needed reprieve for their families and friends. The officiant at the ceremony was Dr. Moritz Freier, an orthodox rabbi. Many young Jews, unable to find work as a result of the intensification of antisemitism in Germany, approached Rabbi Freier since his wife Recha had already come up with the idea of helping Jewish youth to immigrate to Mandatory Palestine and settle in Kibbutzim, a project known as “Youth Aliyah,” in January 1933.
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Institution:
New Synagogue Berlin – Centrum Judaicum
Original:
Trust deed for Bernhard Rosenberg and Frieda Ascher; 7.5
on the days before
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