Leopold Silberstein (1900 – 1941) was a Jewish
slavicist and philosopher who worked at the Berlin
University as a private scholar. When Hitler in 1933
came to power, he with his family went into exile
to Prague.Hererapidlyhecameintocontactwiththe
Prague Linguistic Circle (PLK) and further scientific
associations. He became a member of the PLK,
gave several lectures and regularly reported about
its activities in the „Prager Presse”. 1936 by order
of the Foreign Ministry of the ČSR he undertook
a lecturetourtoEstoniaandFinland.Aftertheassault
of the Hitler army on the Soviet Union he fell into
the claws of the fascists who shot him in July 1941.
In his short life Leopold Silberstein wrote more
than 100 publications on topics of Slavonic studies,
philosophy and sociology. He unmasked the race
ideology of the Nazis. He was an active culture
propagandist of Czechoslovakia. The lecture focuses
on his collaboration in the PLK.
Jazykovědný spolek
Dr. Ing. Konrad Herrmann
Leopold Silberstein
and the Prague
Linguistic Circle
25. dubna 2017
15:50 – 17:25
Učebna B2.24
FF MU/Arna Nováka 1
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