German Jewish Migration to Sweden Deutsch

PROGRAM
CONTACT AND INFORMATION
Dr. Clemens Maier-Wolthausen, TU,
Saving the children.
Kindertransports to Sweden
19.00 Café Alma
Dinner
Friday, November 6
The conference is held in English and German.
An exhibition focusing on some of the topics of the conference
will be on display in the main hall.
Coordination and Contact:
Dr. Lars M. Andersson
Forum for Jewish Studies, Uppsala
Email: [email protected]
9.00–10.00 Room IV
Keynote III
Associate professor, Lena Roos, UU,
Gottlieb Klein.
Wissenschaft des Judentums in Sweden
10.00–10.15 Break
10.15–12.15 Room IV
Session V
Biographies, Life’s work, Impacts II
Chair: Professor Dr. Julius H. Schoeps, MMZ
The conference is financed by:
Dr. Elke-Vera Kotowski, MMZ,
Leben und Werk von Lotte Laserstein in Deutschland und Schweden
• Stiftelsen Clas Groschinskys Minnesfond
Dr. Anna-Dorothea Ludewig, MMZ,
„Hier oben in der Nähe des Polsternes ist die Einsamkeit zu Hause.“
Nelly Sachs (1891–1970) im schwedischen Exil
• The Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum, Universität Potsdam
Anne Weberling, MMZ,
Isaak Feuerring – A Zionist Biography between Germany, Sweden and Palestine
12.15–13.15 Café Alma
Lunch Break
13.15–14.15 Room IV
Keynote IV
Professor Dr. Lars Dencik, RUC,
Reflections on the Dialectics of Jewish Diaspora and Exile
14.15–15.15 Session VI
Room IV
Towards a common European
Jewish Identity?
Chair: Director of studies Noa Hermele, Paideia
Paidea Panel.
Alumni and current students
15.15 Room IV
Concluding Remarks
German Jewish Migration to Sweden
Deutsch-jüdische Emigration
und Immigration nach Schweden
• Riksbankens jubileumsfond
• The Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University
• The Forum for German Studies, Uppsala University
• The Uppsala Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies,
Uppsala University
List of Abbreviations
IJGÖ
GU
LiU
LU
MMZ
Paideia
RUC
SU
SM
TU
UU
UW
ÖAW
Institut für jüdische Geschichte Österreichs, Austria
Gothenburg University, Sweden
Linköping University, Sweden
Lund University, Sweden
Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum, Germany
Paideia – The European Institute for
Jewish Studies in Sweden, Sweden
Roskilde University, Denmark
Stockholm University, Sweden
Statens Musikverk – Swedish Performing Arts Agency, Sweden
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Uppsala University, Sweden
Universität Wien, Austria
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Austria
International Conference
November 5–7, 2014
University Main Building, Biskopsgatan 3
University of Uppsala
Organized by the Forum for Jewish Studies (FJS),
University of Uppsala and the Moses Mendelssohn Center
for European Jewish Studies (MMZ), University of Potsdam
PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION
E
ver since Aaron Isaac from Treuenbrietzen in Brandenburg in the 1770s became the first Jew to be allo-
wed to settle in Stockholm without converting to Evangelical Lutheranism, there has been close contacts between
Swedish and German Jewry. German Jews have both
Wednesday, November 5
11.00–13.00 Room VIII
Registration
13.00–13.30 Opening of the conference
Grand Auditorium nomic life. Swedish Jews have found both spouses and
13.30–14.30 Grand Auditorium
Keynote I
Professor Dr. Julius H. Schoeps, MMZ,
Leben in schwierigen Verhältnissen.
Hans Joachim Schoeps im schwedischen Exil
religious and ideological inspiration in Germany and
14.30–15.00 Coffee Break
Swedish and German Jews have created commercial as
15.00–17.00 Room IV
Session I
Biographies, Life’s work, Impacts I
Chair: Dr. Olaf Glöckner, MMZ
Associate professor Anders
Hammarlund, SM,
Lazarus - Simmel - Boas.
The Jewish Reform Movement and the Origins of Kulturwissenschaft 1830–1930
Dr. Carl Henrik Carlsson, UU,
Jakob Ettlinger – an ‘Untypical’ German Jew in Sweden
MA Harry R Svensson, SU,
The Ruben and Philip Families in Karlskrona. Swedish “Port Jews” from Germany
migrated and, during the Nazi era, fled to Sweden and
in many ways contributed to Swedish cultural and eco-
well as intellectual networks binding the two countries together.
Our international interdisciplinary conference in Uppsala
November 5–7 2014, aims to explore the conditions for
and consequences of this interrelationship for Swedish
and German Jewry and for the Swedish and German
societies, from the 18th century and until today. Special attention will be given to the German-Jewish exile
in Sweden, to the obstacles faced by those fleeing Nazi
persecution and in general to the destiny and role of the
Thursday, November 6
German-Jewish expatriates during the 1930s and 1940s
9.00–10.00 Room IV
Keynote II
Professor Dr. Helmut Müssener, UU,
Schwedisch-deutsch-jüdische Beziehungen. Eine Desideratenarie
10.00–10.15 Break
10.15–12.15 Room IV
Session II
Refugees from Nazi Germany & Swedish Immigration Policy I
Chair: Dr. Lars M Andersson, UU
Professor Dr. Michael Scholz, UU &
Professor Dr. Helmut Müssener, UU,
Wolfgang Steinitz, die Gründung der Emigrantenselbsthilfe und ihre Tätigkeit
MA Pontus Rudberg, UU,
A Difficult Duty.
and thereafter.
Swedish Jewish Refugee Aid, Relief
and Rescue Efforts during the Nazi Era
Associate professor Malin Thor Tureby, LiU, Swedish-Jewish Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust
Associate professor Mikael Byström, UU,
The Reception and Integration of
Jewish Refugees and Displaced Persons
into the Swedish Labor Market in the First
Post-War Years
12.15–13.15 Café Alma
Lunch Break
13.15–15.15 Room IV
Session III
Refugees from Nazi Germany & Swedish Immigration Policy II
Chair: Associate professor Pär Frohnert, SU
Dr. Irene Nawrocka, ÖAW,
Der deutschsprachige Bermann-Fischer Verlag (S. Fischer) in Stockholm und Gottfried Bermann Fischers
Zusammenarbeit mit der Verlegerfamilie Bonnier,1938–1948
Associate professor Henrik Rosengren, LU, Cultural Encounters.
German-Jewish Composers in Swedish Exile
Dr. Izabela Dahl, GU,
Die Station des Lebens.
Deutsche jüdische Alma Maters Töchter
im schwedischen Exil
15.15–15.45 Coffee Break
15.45–17.45 Room IV
Session IV
Kindertransporte
Chair: Associate professor Lena Roos, UU
Associate professor Pär Frohnert, SU,
The Swedish Israel Mission and the Austrian-
Jewish Converts during the Holocaust
Dr. Thomas Pammer, UW,
The Work of Svenska Israelsmissionen in Vienna from the 1920s to the 1970s
MA Marethe Agaard Jensen, IJGÖ,
Die Rettung jüdischer Kinder und
Jugendlicher nach Schweden betrachtet aus einem skandinavischen Blickwinkel