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The Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook Advance Access originally published online on August 3, 2009
The Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook 2009 54(1):243-271; doi:10.1093/lbyb/ybp004
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© The Author (2009). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Leo Baeck Institute. All rights reserved. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Otto M. Schiff (1875–1952), Unsung Rescuer

A. J. Sherman and Pamela Shatzkes

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The injunction to concern oneself with the less fortunate, an integral part of most religious traditions, is expressed in Judaism in multiple formulations. Otto M. Schiff, a Jew of German origins, observed this imperative, devoting most of his adult life to philanthropic and community work, in a unique leading role on behalf of Jewish refugees in both world wars. Indifferent to personal aggrandisement and schooled in the old banking tradition of quiet discretion, Schiff avoided publicity, acclaim, even thanks in his lifetime; and though his contributions were recognised with honours by the British Government, he remained throughout his life uncelebrated, indeed taken largely for granted, within the wider Jewish community.1 Many years after his death, Schiff was commemorated in Otto Schiff House, a residence for seniors in North London, mentioned with admiration in several historical works on refugee matters,2 but variously denigrated in others,3 where his very virtues are portrayed . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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