Diskussion:Adolf Grohmann (Arabist)

Hedwig Klein and his WWII period

Hi, I just write an article about Adolf Grohmann on Czech Wikipedia ( contests Asian Months and also Czechoslovakia) and it seems strange to me that he was asked to safe Hedwig Klein, who was sent directly from Hamburg to Auschwitz some months after her dead. Was not it about her mother or grandmother, who were in Theresienstadt Ghetto? It would be more possible as he lived in Leitmeritz.. And one more question to this topic - as historian I am curious about awareness of Germans ( also during WWII) about a large wave of terror in Bohemia after the atentat on Reichsprotector Reinhard Heidrich and his dead in May/June 1942? Than everybody should be more careful about contacts, help, etc. The request for help could be perceived as a provocation. Unfortunately, I can not find original source of that request online to decide about knowledge of the author of the Czech history and possible contexts of the terrible historical period. Thanks for help. And one more point about his role in taking over a large Jewish library In Mahrich Ostrava - one Czech source mentions that he was entrusted person to take over the extensive library from the Prague Jewish community for the needs of the university. I guess than otherwise libraries could be stolen, burnt instead of wood, etc. in the atmosphere of the period. So I would carefully mention, that he saved books from worse. And some Czech fellows remembered Adolf Grohmann quite positively, so he would be a person keeping the departments safe due his contacts during WWII. --KKDAII (Diskussion) 00:28, 26. Nov. 2023 (CET)