Virtually all the Obermayer German Jewish History Award winners said they face the same challenge: reaching a younger generation with a history rapidly fading from memory.
His Obermayer German-Jewish History Awards recognize non-Jewish Germans who have often struggled against obstacles to document their town’s Jewish past.
A teacher who helped rescue a ruined synagogue was one of five German non-Jews honored for keeping alive local Jewish history.
ensuring that local Jewish history is not forgotten.
