diplomas awarded — 60 years later THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM February 11, 2004 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem A 60-year delay in delivery of diplomas The president and vice-president of the Veterinary School of Hannover, Germany, will be coming to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem next week to present diplomas to descendants of two Jewish veterinarians who were denied their diplomas 60 years ago under the Nazi regime and later became practicing veterinarians in Israel. The two visitors are Dr. Gerhard Greif, president, and Prof. Hans-Peter Sallmann, vice-president of the school, which is the largest veterinary school in Europe. They will make the presentation of the diplomas to descendants of the two Israeli veterinarians at a luncheon and ceremony to be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, at the Maiersdorf Faculty Club on the Mt. Scopus campus. Accepting the diplomas will be Hans Stern of Nahariya, son of the late Dr. Paul Stern, and Ruth Shatnei of Raanana, daughter of the late Dr. Hermann Cussel.
The idea of granting the diplomas as a symbolic gesture arose as the result of a research project undertaken by a graduate student in Europe who wrote about Jewish veterinarians in Europe, including those who suffered from Nazi persecution. The two German officials will also meet with Prof. Hillel Bercovier, Hebrew University vice-president for research and development, and Prof. Gadi Glaser, director of the universitys Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, in order to discuss possibilities of scientific cooperation between the two institutions. The guests will also visit the University Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Beit Dagan. BPI
