Politics

The Agrippinahaus was one of the most important commercial and office buildings of its time and, in addition to stores and the Agrippina-Lichtspiele, also housed important political organizations of Jews in the German Reich. Among others, the "Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens" (Central Association of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith) and the "Zionistische Vereinigung" (Zionist Association), which represented different positions and had a conflictual relationship with each other, moved into the building.

In the post-war period (1957) seat of the Jewish National Fund. Beginning and end of use unknown. 

In the post-war period, the seat of the association

It was not until 1965 that the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations. But already in the fall of 1948 an Israeli consulate was opened in Munich. However, it was not considered an institution that maintained official relations with Germany, but with the Western occupying powers (USA, Great Britain and France). The consulate was mainly there for the needs of the Jewish displaced persons who were staying in DP camps in Bavaria.

Hans Winkler was born in Berlin in 1906. After completing his administrative apprenticeship, he worked at the Luckenwalde district court. In November 1933, he was summoned to the town hall to record interrogations. Since these interrogations took place under torture, Winkler's personal-political turn came and he was convinced that he had to resist. Following an idea by Else Samuel, he founded the "Sparverein großer Einsatz" to collect money and food for Jews in hiding.

At the end of the 19th century, almost all German student fraternities no longer accepted Jews. Jewish fraternities were founded. "Fearless and faithful!" was the motto of the Berlin fraternity Sprevia, founded in 1894. Two years later it joined the "Kartell-Convent deutscher Studenten jüdischen Glaubens" (KC). The KC summarized its goals as follows: "The fraternities of the KC stand on the ground of German patriotic sentiment.

The German-Israeli Society Hannover (DIG) is a regional working group of the German-Israeli Society e.V. It works against anti-Semitism and for the security of Israel imd pursues dialogue between Germany and Israel on different levels. It is committed to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

The local Zionist group was chaired by Dr. Schramm in 1932.

In Nuremberg, the Orthodox Jewish association Adas Israel ("Adaß Yisroel", "Israelite Religious Society") existed in the 19th/20th century (from 1874 to 1943) under the umbrella of the liberal main congregation.