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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 465267, member: 39&quot;]Interesting medal! By the way, the prominent building in that city view is the cathedral in Frankfurt. While the very first location of that school was indeed what used to be the Jewish ghetto (Frankfurt was one of the last cities that had one), it was founded in pretty much the opposite spirit - Jewish emancipation, French revolution and enlightenment, hence that motto. In 1805 it already moved to a different location, outside the former ghetto, and also had non-Jewish students.</p><p><br /></p><p>The nazi terror made an end to all of that. Nowadays there are about 100 Jewish communities (synagogues) in Germany, with a total of about 100,000 members. The Jewish Community in Frankfurt was founded again in the late 1940s but did not have its own school until the mid-1960s. Then, in 2005/2006, that school moved into the old Jewish school building. Just a few days ago, by the way, the Philanthropin (ie. the present building) had its centennial.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note by the way that a &quot;Philantropin&quot; is not necessarily a Jewish school but a name for some reform schools. The first Philanthropinum was founded (and still exists) in Dessau.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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