After the liberation of Leo Baeck from Theresienstadt on May 8, 1945, he expressed a bleak future for Jews in Germany post-Holocaust. In the face of cultural annihilation, many survivors shared this sentiment, prompting efforts to preserve German Jewish heritage. Doron Rabinovici, a historian, highlighted remembrance as a resistance to cultural erasure. In 1955, significant Jewish figures established the Leo Baeck Institute to document and celebrate German Jews' cultural contributions, reinforcing the importance of memory and cultural identity against the backdrop of Nazi destruction.
"The era of the Jews in Germany is over once and for all," said Leo Baeck, reflecting the sentiment of many survivors who lost hope in post-war Germany.
Remembrance was also resistance against forgetting, against erasure," emphasizes historian Doron Rabinovici on preserving Jewish cultural heritage post-Holocaust.
The Leo Baeck Institute was created to show what the Nazis had destroyed, celebrating the cultural achievements and everyday life of German Jews, says Michael Brenner.
The Leo Baeck Institute serves as a testament to the vitality and contributions of German Jewry, countering the narrative of annihilation by the Nazis.
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