Rare Photograph Shows Jewish Majority in Freemason Lodge in Chernovtsy, Romania in the 1920s

Group portrait of members of the Freemasons Lodge of Chernovtsy, Bukovina, approximately 75 percent of whom were Jewish.

The members were mainly intellectuals and leaders in business and local government.

Among those pictured are Dr. Max Ennis (top row, third from the left); pharmacist, Dr. Abraham Guttman (top row, far right); an official in the revenue service, Dr. Max Gottfried (second row from the top, sixth from the left); and the judge, Dr. Jacob Rubel (third row from the top, far left). Chernovtsy, Romania, 1920–25.

The photograph is part of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's collection.

Bibliografy:

• Freemasonry and the Jews: A Cultural History of an Ancient Institution" de Jacob Katz

Group portrait of members of the Freemasons Lodge of Chernovtsy, Bukovina, 1920–25, approximately 75 percent of whom were Jewish

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