Zeitlin, Leon, 1876-
Variant namesLeon Zeitlin was born in Memel, East Prussia (today Klaipėda, Lithuania), in 1876. He obtained a doctorate in economics and served on the Reich Economic Council ( Reichswirtschaftsrat ) from 1920-1932. Later, from 1928-1932, he also held office as a liberal-democratic representative on the Prussian Diet ( Preussischer Landtag ). When the National Socialists took hold of the German government, he was forced to give up his post and emigrated to London, England. In exile he took up advocacy for several human rights causes, including improved Jewish-Christian relations, and wrote extensively for several economics journals. In 1962 he published the book Life's value in cash . He died in London in 1967.
From the guide to the Leon Zeitlin Collection, 1930-1967, (Leo Baeck Institute)
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| referencedIn | Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars. Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records. 1927-1949. | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Anglo-Jewish Association: Reports and other papers, 1956-1960 | Wiener Library | |
| creatorOf | Leon Zeitlin Collection, 1930-1967 | Leo Baeck Institute. |
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| associatedWith | Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969 | person |
| associatedWith | Anglo-Jewish Association | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Burschenbunds-Convent | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Goldmann, Nahum, 1895-1982 | person |
| associatedWith | Gollwitzer, Helmut | person |
| associatedWith | Horkheimer, Max, 1895-1973 | person |
| associatedWith | Lemmer, Ernst, 1898-1970 | person |
| associatedWith | Leo Baeck Institute | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Maas, Hermann, 1877-1970 | person |
| associatedWith | Molo, Walter von, 1880-1958 | person |
| associatedWith | Oswald Wolff books | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | P.E.N.-Zentrum Bundesrepublik Deutschland | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Rengstorf, Karl Heinrich, 1903- | person |
| associatedWith | Simpson, W. W. (William Wynn), 1907-1987 | person |
| associatedWith | Tergit, Gabriele. | person |
| associatedWith | Tiburtius, Joachim | person |
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| London (England) |
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| Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) |
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Birth 1876
Death 1967
