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	Paul Spiegel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paul Spiegel (December 31, 1937 in Warendorf, Germany - April 30, 2006 in Düsseldorf, Germany) was leader of the Zentralrat der Juden in Germany and the main spokesman of the German Jews.
		Paul Spiegel was born into a Westphalian family of cattle dealers, originating from the small town Versmold.
		Paul Spiegel died in the morning hours of April 30, 2006, in Düsseldorf, following a heart attack which he had suffered on February 3, along with a pulmonary inflammation—as a result of which his doctors had put him into an artificial coma in the hospital.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Spiegel (336 words)

	Personality of the Week - Spiegel
		Paul Spiegel was born in Warendorf, in north-western Germany, in 1937.
		Paul Spiegel started his journalistic career with the weekly Allegemeine Juedische Wochenzeitung in the 1950s becoming an editor in 1958 until 1965, when he became assistant to the secretary-general of the Central Council of Jews in Western Germany.
		Paul Spiegel received numerous awards, including the Order of Merit of the State of Nordrhine-Westphalia in 1993, the Federal Order of Merit 1st Class in 1997, the Heinrich-Albertz peace prize in 2001, and Doctor honoris causa of the Heinrich-Heine University of Duesseldorf, in 2004.
	www.bh.org.il /Names/POW/Spiegel.asp (274 words)

	Obituary: Paul Spiegel / Headed main Jewish group in Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Paul Spiegel, who fled the Nazis as a child during World War II and later became the head of Germany's main Jewish organization, has died.
		Spiegel died April 30 of cancer in a hospital in Duesseldorf, Nathan Kalmanowicz, an official in Germany's Central Council of Jews, said.
		Spiegel returned with his mother to their hometown of Warendorf, where they were reunited with his father.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06127/687953-122.stm (332 words)

	Leader of Germany's Jews, Paul Spiegel, Dies \| Germany \| Deutsche Welle \| 30.04.2006
		Paul Spiegel, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, died early on Sunday, aged 68, after a long battle with illness, the council said.
		Paul Spiegel's older sister, Rosa, was captured by the Nazis.
		Indeed, Spiegel was a tireless proponent of the Jews in Germany and a strong moral voice, warning Germans of indifference and silent acceptance of anti-Semitism in the face of increasing far-right acts of violence and xenophobic attacks.
	www.dw-world.de /popups/popup_printcontent/0,,1986250,00.html (532 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Obituaries \| Paul Spiegel
		Spiegel often appeared on public platforms with Nadeem Elyas, the Saudi-born head of the Muslim Zentralrat in Germany, which speaks for some 3 million co-religionists.
		In 2005 Spiegel welcomed the visit of the newly appointed German-born Pope Benedict XVI to a Cologne synagogue - even though he had earlier chided the then Cardinal Ratzinger for advocating the beatification of the allegedly anti-semitic Pope Pius IX.
		Spiegel's lasting achievement came in 2003, when he persuaded Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to place the Jewish community on an equal legal footing with Germany's main churches.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,,1787049,00.html (999 words)

	Germany Info: Government & Politics
		Spiegel contributed greatly to the close and vibrant relationship between Germany and Israel and to the renewed flourishing of Jewish life in Germany, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier wrote in a letter of condolence to Spiegel’s widow.
		Born in Germany in 1937, Paul Spiegel survived the Holocaust by being kept hidden by a farmer in Belgium.
		In 2005, Spiegel spoke at the rededication of the Dresden Frauenkirche, which was rebuilt after its destruction in World War II bombing: “The shadows of the past weigh on the new Dresden Synagogue, dedicated in 2001, and the rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche.
	www.germany.info /relaunch/politics/new/pol_paul_spiegel_RIP_5_2006.htm (602 words)

	The Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Paul Spiegel, who fled the Nazis as a child during the Second World War and returned to Germany eventually to become the influential — and at times contentious — head of its main Jewish organisation, has died.
		Spiegel had suffered a heart attack in February and had been seriously ill with cancer for weeks.
		Spiegel was born in the north-western town of Warendorf on December 31, 1937.
	www.theherald.co.uk /61092.shtml (422 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Latest News - German Jewish leader Paul Spiegel dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Spiegel signed an accord in January 2003 with Merkel's predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, which gave the council the same legal status as the country's main churches and annual government support of 3 million euros (2 million pounds).
		Spiegel was hidden on the farm by his mother, who also survived the war hiding in Brussels.
		Paul Spiegel said it was the actions of his father's German neighbours -- he found they had risked their lives to conceal and preserve sacred texts from the local synagogue -- that persuaded him Germany was still "home".
	news.scotsman.com /latest.cfm?id=646942006 (644 words)

	Head of Germany's Jewish community dies - Europe - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Paul Spiegel, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, sits on a bench as he attends the laying of the foundation stone of a new synagogue in Bochum Nov. 14, 2005.
		Spiegel signed an accord in January 2003 with Merkel’s predecessor, Gerhard Schroeder, which gave the council the same legal status as the country’s main churches and annual government support of 3 million euros, or $3.76 million.
		Paul Spiegel said it was the actions of his father’s German neighbors -- he found they had risked their lives to conceal and preserve sacred texts from the local synagogue -- that persuaded him Germany was still “home”.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/12558778/wid/6448213 (533 words)

	EJP \| News \| Germany \| Voices on Paul Spiegel’s death
		But it was primarily within the Jewish community where Spiegel had his biggest challenge – that of integrating the tens of thousands of Jewish immigrants from the former Soviet Union who have settled in Germany over the past 15 years as well as absorbing the liberal Jewish organisations into the Central Council structure.
		Die Welt says one of Mr Spiegel's "outstanding feats" was the conclusion of an agreement between the government and the Central Council of Jews in 2003.
		The director of the Abraham Geiger College in Potsdam, Walter Homolka, was particularly saddened by Spiegel’s death.
	www.ejpress.org /article/news/germany/7907 (770 words)

	Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Spiegel was elected to lead in January 2000, is the political body representing Germany’s official Jewish population of 120,000.
		Spiegel was born on Dec. 31, 1937, in the city of Warendorf near Muenster.
		Spiegel’s older sister Rosa was arrested in 1942 at age 11 while procuring food for the family, deported to Auschwitz and killed.
	www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=12399 (828 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Paul Spiegel is the son of Carl and Mae Spiegel.
		Spiegel is married to the former Carolyn Thomasma in 1948.
		Spiegel for his dedication to preserving the town's history.
	pittsford.monroe.edu /District/History/SpiegelBio.html (245 words)

	German Jewish leader Paul Spiegel dies at the age of 68 - Haaretz - Israel News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Spiegel signed a January 2003 accord with then-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder which gave the council the same legal status as the country's main churches and annual government support of 3 million euros ($3.76 million).
		Spiegel drew criticism in 2001 with complaints that many of those immigrants were claiming they were Jews simply to exploit German laws that promote Jewish immigration and were not practicing Jews.
		Spiegel was born in the northwestern town of Warendorf on December 31, 1937.
	www.haaretz.com /hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=711177&contrassID=19 (1060 words)

	der spiegel - Qwika
		Spiegel scandal The Spiegel scandal of 1962 (in German, Spiegel-Affäre) was one of the major political...
		Paul Spiegel Paul Spiegel (born December 31 1937) is leader of the Zentralrat der Juden in Germany and the main spokesman...
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	www.qwika.com /find/der_spiegel (464 words)

	BW Online \| June 11, 2001 \| Online Extra: Q&A with Paul Spiegel, Prejudice Fighter
		As president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Paul Spiegel is called upon to comment whenever an anti-Semitic or racist crime is committed, and 56 years after the Holocaust, his words carry a special authority.
		Spiegel supports German state and federal government efforts to fight right-wing extremist crime, and he's a member of the federal commission on immigration.
		Spiegel, 63, who owns a booking agency for performing artists in Dusseldorf, says his job at the Council is to represent the Jewish community within the wider society, finding common ground with non-Jews and educating them about the contributions Jews have made to Germany.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/01_24/b3736625.htm (677 words)

	Paul Spiegel Reinforces Investigation By ARD's "REPORT Mainz" Broadcast
		Paul Spiegel, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany: "I have been aware of anti-Semitic incidents at Waldorf schools for about one and one-half years."
		Paul Spiegel's exact words: "I have been receiving reports of anti-Semitic incidents in various cities for about the past one and one-half years.
		The complete discussion between Paul Spiegel, President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, and Fritz Frey may be seen on Suedwestfernsehen on Sunday, 3/19/00, at 10:35 p.m.
	www.akdh.ch /ps/ps_report-spiegel.html (280 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Jewish activist Paul Spiegel, 68, dies
		BERLIN (AP) — Paul Spiegel, a journalist and activist who fled the Nazis as a child during World War II and returned to Germany to eventually become the influential — and at times contentious — head of its main Jewish organization, died Saturday at 68.
		Spiegel died of cancer in a hospital in Duesseldorf where he had been seriously ill for weeks, Nathan Kalmanowicz, a senior official in Germany's Central Council of Jews, said Sunday.
		After the war, Spiegel returned to Warendorf where he started working as a volunteer journalist on the newly founded weekly Jewish newspaper, the Allgemeine Juedische Wochenzeitung, which is today published as the Juedische Allgemeine.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635203929,00.html (270 words)

	BW Online \| June 11, 2001 \| Paul Spiegel
		Spiegel's prominence has little to do with his business--running a booking agency for speakers and artists.
		Spiegel, 63, also represents the country's Jewish community as President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.
		Spiegel envisions a day when relations between Jews and non-Jews in Germany will reflect a kind of mundane normality.
	www.businessweek.com /magazine/content/01_24/b3736624.htm (223 words)

	Paul Spiegel Dies at Age 68 (phillyBurbs.com) \| National
		Spiegel died overnight of cancer in a hospital in Duesseldorf, Nathan Kalmanowicz, an official in Germany's Central Council of Jews, said Sunday.
		After the war, Spiegel returned with his mother to their hometown of Warendorf, where they were reunited with his father.
		Spiegel was named a vice president of the council in 1993 and president in 2000 - Germany's top Jewish leader.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/1-04302006-649703.html (452 words)

	Germany - Jewry Leader - Worldpress.org
		Paul Spiegel, 62, the new head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, will have a tough time filling the shoes of his predecessor, Ignatz Bubis.
		Spiegel, “who seems at first glance dull and inconspicuous but then proves to be full of humor and wit,” according to Jacques Schuster of Berlin’s conservative Die Welt, survived the Holocaust as a child hidden by Christian farmers in Belgium.
		Spiegel is widely viewed as a “go-between” in the transition before the younger generation takes over.
	www.worldpress.org /Europe/1400.cfm (351 words)

	Dayton Public Radio - Paul Spiegel
		Paul Spiegel became a Dayton Public Radio announcer in the Summer of 1987.
		Despite his background in playing wind instruments, Paul approaches his radio shows with variety in mind.
		In addition to his duties at Dayton Public Radio, Paul has been a volunteer at Kettering and Sycamore Hospitals since 1982.
	www.dpr.org /people/pauls.htm (146 words)

	Trauer um Paul Spiegel weltweit
		Spiegel will be sorely missed in his role as President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (Zentralrat) as well as a unique voice of morality and unification.
		They express their sorrow that Dr. Spiegel will not be there in person to witness the fruits of his labors which have to date resulted in the inclusion of Liberal Jewish congregations in the Zentralrat.
		Steven M. Bauman pays tribute to Dr. Paul Spiegel as a holocaust survivor, as a political correspondent and as President of the Central Council of Jews, as a man who made his strong moral voice heard as he criticized violence and condemned antisemitism while encouraging tolerance and the acceptance of others.
	www.hagalil.com /archiv/2006/05/wupj.htm (335 words)

	Events, J Kleinbauer, mens, womens, clothing, sportswear, suits, dress shirts, men, women, pants, slacks, ties, ...
		The Spiegels, who reside with their two daughters on their farm just south of Selinsgrove, have been active in the region for several years.
		Paul Spiegel is President of Retail Banking for The Legacy Bank and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Selinsgrove Area School District.
		Judy Spiegel served as a Vice President with MandT Bank and is also the President of Selinsgrove Projects, Inc., which focuses on the revitalization of Selinsgrove.
	www.jkleinbauer.com /Events/press_release.html (522 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Spiegel became president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany in 2000 after seven years as a member of its executive board.
		Spiegel spent the war years hiding from Nazi terror on a farm near Namur in Belgium.
		Born in Warendorf, Germany, Spiegel wrote for a newspaper in Dusseldorf before opening an agency for artists and writers in the city in 1986.
	feeds.germanynews.net /?rid=9d723801cc166573&cat=0b761d844c35f1be&f=1 (342 words)

	Presse-Info Rosh >Holocaust-Plakat<
		Paul Spiegel fühlt sich von Lea Rosh getäuscht.
		Spiegel widersprach und meinte, er habe auf eine sofortige Beendigung der Aktion bestanden, doch habe Rosh technische Gründe geltend gemacht, die dem entgegenstünden.
		Gegen den Vorwurf der Volksverhetzung nahm auch Paul Spiegel, Präsident des Zentralrats der Juden, den Förderkreis in Schutz.
	www.juedisches-archiv-chfrank.de /ns-crime/plakat.htm (8633 words)

	Leader of Germany's Jews, Paul Spiegel, Dies \| Germany \| Deutsche Welle \| 30.04.2006
		Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Paul Spiegel was considered a strong moral and conciliatory voice in Germany
		As the World Jewish Congress wraps up its annual meeting in Brussels this week, lively debate continues among Germany's Jewish leaders on anti-Semitism, immigration and the future of German Jewry.
		Video: Spiegel had been head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany since 2000
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,2144,1986250,00.html (757 words)

	Goethe-Institut Boston - Seminars and Lectures - 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Contrary to his predecessors Bubis and before him, Galinski, Spiegel focuses on the question of why the Germans never saw, and still don’t see, what a crippling effect their anti-Semitism is having on themselves.
		Politically speaking, Paul Spiegel represents the generations of the victims, the young and of the quota refugees.
		After each anti-Semitic incident Paul Spiegel is invited to comment as if he, a victims’ representative, were an expert on anti-Semitism.
	www.goethe.de /ins/us/bos/acv/wrt/2005/en66739.htm (1330 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		German Jewish leader, Paul Spiegel, dies aged 68 - News from Israel, Ynetnews
		Paul Spiegel, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, died early on Sunday after a
		"The president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Dr Paul Spiegel, died in the early hours of this morning, aged 68, in Duesseldorf after a long, hard illness," the council said in a statement.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3245466,00.html (74 words)

	Kardinal Lehmann würdigt Paul Spiegel als "engagierten Brückenbauer"
		April 2006 gestorbenen Präsidenten des Zentralrats der Juden, Paul Spiegel, als "hochgeschätzten Partner" und "engagierten Brückenbauer" gewürdigt.
		Sie erklären der Witwe, Frau Gisèle Spiegel, der Familie und dem Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland ihr Mitleid und versprechen ihr Fürbittgebet für den Toten", heißt es im Kondolenzschreiben des Vorsitzenden der deutschen Bischofskonferenz.
		Wir haben in Paul Spiegel immer einen offenen und glaubwürdigen, menschlich überzeugenden und versöhnungsbereiten Repräsentanten des Judentums in unserem Land gefunden und bedauern aus ganzem Herzen seinen Verlust.
	www.cardinalrating.com /cardinal_49__article_3843.htm (242 words)

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