German Committee for Freeing of Russian Jews

German Committee for Freeing of Russian Jews

The German Committee for the Freeing of Russian Jews was created in August, 1914 by Franz Oppenheimer, Adolf Friedman and Leo Motzkin to lobby for the socio-political liberation of Jewish people living in the Russian Empire and ensuring their protection from pogroms. The committee was supported by the German Empire.


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