ABSTRACT
The director of the Central-Verein, Dr. Ludwig Hollaender, asked the author to try to interest Jewish "intellectuals" in the work of the Central-Verein. Professor Arthur Cohen was a member of the Central-Verein anyway and active in the Verein fuer die Statistik der Juden; he has a number of valuable contributions to Jewish sociology and demography to his credit. His contributions to the history of the Jews of Munich are indispensable. Erich von Kahler's story is different. Kahler came from the Prague climate of "Kulturzionismus." Kahler remained a cultural Zionist, but—far from Germany—to the sentiments expressed in the Jewish people: "Das juedische Volk." Zweig was from Vienna, Kahler from Prague. It is a good thing to know that both Cohen and Hirschfeld passed away shortly before deportation. While Cohen was "heimatgebunden," Georg Hirschfeld was a German patriot, at the same time sincerely Jewish.
