The one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the German Jewish statesman, Edward Lasker, was observed by the Central Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith, the body of which he was the founder.
Lasker was born on October 14, 1829, in Jaroschin, Posen. He died on January 5, 1884, in New York City, while on a visit there. He was one of the most prominent statesmen in Germany in Bismark’s time and was one of the founders of the National Liberal Party.
In the first days of his political activities he was a strong supporter of Chancellor Bismark, but later became his opponent. The fact that the “Iron Chancellor” did not permit the German Parliament to read the condolence resolution which the American Congress sent on the occasion of Lasker’s death, caused a sensation at the time.
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