Programme of the “Volkshochschule” adult education centre in Mainz

During the period of the Weimar Republic from 1919, around 500 adult education centres (Volkshochschulen) are established throughout Germany. These centres are open to everyone but set high standards with regard to teaching. Some of the individuals who are actively involved in the initial stages of the centres alongside their demanding professional roles include the city doctor from the health office, Heinrich Rosenhaupt (1877–1944); Rabbi Sali Levi (1883–1941); and the senior teacher (Oberstudienrat) and scientist Eugen Mannheimer (1882–1938). Like all other Jewish lecturers, these three teachers were banned from teaching in as early as 1933.