No time to lose
Jewish paper advises to quickly learn foreign languages
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“It is really nothing new that the most important preparation for emigration is learning languages.”
HANNOVER
By May 1938, emigration seemed to be on the mind of every German and Austrian Jew. This article in the <i>Hannover Jüdisches Gemeindeblatt</i>, for example, exhorts prospective emigrants to lose no time and start studying English as soon as possible. According to the paper, at least two-thirds of German-Jewish emigrants were likely to settle down in English-speaking countries, and even those heading to Latin America would profit from a solid knowledge of English. On the other hand, proficiency in Spanish could be useful because of extensive trade relations between North and South America. The answer to the question “Spanish or English?” therefore was an emphatic “Both!”
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Institution:
Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin
Collection:
“English oder Spanisch?”, Hannover Jüdisches Gemeindeblatt, Vol. 15, No. 19, p. 1.
