ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the development of Werner Jacob Cahnman mind in the great maze of his writings. Cahnman's specific talent, his sensitivity to the historically relevant and sociologically significant, can be observed throughout his life. Father Cahnman had been deeply interested in all aspects of Jewish life. Several times vice-president and president of the Munich Loge in B'nai B'rith, not a Zionist nor any kind of ideologue, but what Werner called "an adherent of Jewish peoplehood," he was an inveterate story-teller. America opened an entirely new chapter in Werner Cahnman's life story. Before moving on to the American scene, a few words must be said about Austria, especially Vienna. There is the obvious fact of Munich's geographical propinquity to the Austrian border. There were some Jewish scholars whose friendship meant a great deal to Werner in those trying years. He observed that, except Salo Baron, none held a university position of any importance.
