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History

Our school history consists of two different parts:

• The history of the I.E.Lichtigfeld School since 1966. (German)

On the 18th April 1966 the first Jewish Primary School of a German post-war Jewish community was opened amongst total silence – almost to the exclusion of the public.The Lichtigfeld School was named after its founder Dr. Isaak Emil Lichtigfeld, who was the state Rabbi of Hessen and a Rabbi in Frankfurt from 1954 to 1967.
Further facts can be found here: "Unsere Geschichte" (German)

• The history of the Philanthropin since 1804. (German)

In 1804, Siegmund Geisenheimer, head of the Mayer Amschel Rothschild bank, formed the Philanthropin. It was made to be a school and an educational establishemnt for poor Jewish children, but also the first school in Frankfurt in which Jewish children would be taught secular subjects and in German.

Further facts can be found here: "Philanthropin" (German)