President Theodor Heuss of West Germany today presided at the opening of the three-day celebration here marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Paul Ehrlich, famed German Jewish medical and chemical researcher, who was the discoverer of salvarsan and recipient of a Nobel Prize.
In the morning, leaders in Jewish life, German scientists and others gathered in the Frankfurt Jewish cemetery to pay tribute to Prof. Ehrlich. Contrary to the custom of many Jews who achieved academic standing in Germany, Prof. Ehrlich refused to accept conversion to Christianity and became the first Germany Jew to receive the Nobel Prize. He was active in Jewish affairs and served on a committee for the Nordau Institute in Palestine, envisioned as the predecessor of the Hebrew University.
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