Department of History and Cultural Studies at Freie Universität Recognizes Simon's Knowledge of Jewish History in Berlin
No 003/2018 from Jan 12, 2018
The founding director of the New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum Foundation, Dr. Hermann Simon, has received an honorary doctorate from Freie Universität Berlin. At a ceremony on Friday, the Department of History and Cultural Studies honored Simon as one of the most profound scholars of Jewish history in Berlin. Simon’s life and work represent Jewish life in Berlin in a unique way.
Hermann Simon was born in 1949 in East Berlin as the son of Jewish parents who had survived the Holocaust underground and in exile. ...
