From Germany to Palestine
Konrad, Franz-Michael The book deals with a historically unique case of international transfer of professional
knowledge and techniques in social care and social work.
Principles of modern social work were introduced to the Jewish Jishuv (pre-state
community) in Palestine largely by German-Jewish welfare experts who immigrated
in the 1930s. These social workers, mostly women and trained at the schools for social
work in Weimar Germany, used the experiences they ha...