Während der fünften Einwanderungswelle wanderten viele Juden aus Mitteleuropa nach Israel aus, da sie im Land Israel einen Zufluchtsort vor der Verfolgung und der Gefahr sahen, die ihnen durch das NS-Regime drohte. Sie wollten im Eretz Israel weiterhin die Lebensweise und Kultur beibehalten, die sie von zu Hause kannten.
Durch persönliche Geschichten werden uns sowohl die Schwierigkeiten bei der Aufnahme als auch ihr großer Beitrag zum Aufbau des Landes bewusst, indem sich die individuellen Erlebnisse zu einer kollektiven Geschichte vereinen.
Rosenberg joined the Alpine Club in 1903, and also volunteered as deputy secretary of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, which displays works from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century.
Dr. Eugen Rosenberg, an attorney, was employed as a consultant in the Hermann & Tietz department store in Cologne in the 1920s. He belonging to the Social Democratic Party of Germany and was active in many associations in Cologne.
n mid-March 1933, Rosenberg was taken by the Gestapo into what was called “protective custody.” He remained in custody for 14 days, after which he was dismissed from his position as a notary.
Milestones in the life of Dr. Eugen Rosenberg
He remained in custody for 14 days. Out of fear of re-arrest, he traveled first to Berlin with his daughter Eva, and from there, they wandered from place to place.
In the early autumn of 1934, he decided to flee Germany, and he and Eva made their way to Marseilles via the coasts of Italy and France.
They sailed on a small ship to Alexandria.
In early October, they reached their destination – Palestine. “The German hell,” as Eva Rosenberg wrote in her diary, was finally behind them.