ocr: S. Roderid Stoltbein f2 Rocerid Stelthein S. Rooerid Stolthein The appointment of a Jew, Walter Rathenau, as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Germany in 1922 illustrates the eminence which German Jewry attained in the Weimar period. Roovridr Stolbemt - . - Roovnd - - Rathema gInti-siat At the same time, however, it even more emphatically exemplifies the crisis that beset the community. - Roberidy Rathenau, the highest ranking Jewish appointee in German history, was murdered by antisemitic assassins Minti several months after his appointment: The murder, and the chilly response to it in - certain ...
