Alexander Freund

Alexander Freund's education was marked by many different places and stages.

He attended elementary and then secondary school in Wroclaw, his father's hometown. Right after that, he was already aware that he wanted to become a teacher. Alexander Freund went to the Israelite Preparatory School in Schwabach (Bavaria) for two years. The preparatory school followed the secondary school and was the first part of the Jewish elementary school teacher training. It prepared the students for the attendance of the teacher seminars.

Alexander Freund continued his teacher training in Cologne. There he attended such a teacher seminar for Jewish teachers* for one year. In March 1909, Freund passed his first teacher's examination at the Royal Teachers' Seminary in Odenkirchen, today a district of Mönchengladbach.

From 01 September 1909 he taught in Delmenhorst. He took his main examination for village school teachers* in Oldenburg on September 20, 1919 and passed it with the grade sufficient. Alexander Freund remained a teacher in Delmenhorst until 1937, when he moved to Oldenburg. After his many changes of location to the west and north, he stayed longer in one place after his education.

On October 14, 1937, Alexander Freund changed jobs and moved from Delmenhorst to Oldenburg on October 07, 1937, to Peterstraße 6. In Oldenburg, he began as a teacher at the Jüdische Volksschule Oldenburg. There he was assigned to teach 2nd grade (school year 1-4). His position was financed with the help of public funds from the city of Oldenburg. He received a basic salary of 2000 Reichsmark per year. In addition, there was a housing allowance of 600 Reichsmark; a salary reduction of 521.20 Reichsmark was deducted, leaving an annual salary of 2084.80 Reichsmark. Monthly Freund got accordingly 173,73 Reichsmark, which corresponds to 42,37 Euro.

His official medical certificate as well as his certificate of good conduct were without concerns or entries. Alexander Freund was a good teacher, because his students always achieved good results.

On the night of 09 to 10 November 1938 ("November pogroms"), the Jewish School as well as the synagogue in Oldenburg were burned down, so that Freund, together with the  teacher Katzenberg, resigned from his teaching position at the Jewish Elementary School Oldenburg on 10 November 1938. In addition, after the fire, Alexander Freund moved to Donnerschweer Straße 59 before emigrating to San Salvador (El Salvador) on February 20, 1939, together with his wife Fanny Freund (born in Verden on May 08, 1891), where he became a rabbi.