pressure may have been responsible.
Because he is a Jew, Professor Liebermann, a member of one of the most distinguished Jewish families in Germany, was denied all official recognition during the lifetime of the monarchy; the Kaiser vetoed his election as president of the Academy of Art. When the republic was established, he was again elected president and Parliament passed a special law extending the three year term of the President in his favor.
Professor Liebermann is a cousin of the late Walter Rathenau, the German Foreign Minister who was assassinated by anti-Semites in 1922; a brother of the late Professor Carl Liebermann, noted chemist; and the late Professor Felix Liebermann, noted historian.
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