Jean Mandel [SEP] place of death
Jean Mandel
Jean Mandel (20 September 1911 in Fürth, Germany – 25 December 1974 in Höhenried Castle, Bernried am Starnberger See, Germany) was a member of the Bavarian Senate, a football player, and co-founder of the Organization of Jewish Communities in Bavaria.
Early years.
Mandel was born in 1911 in Fürth, where he attended the Jewish high school and afterward a trade school in Nuremberg. He was also a player for SpVgg Greuther Fürth, a career that ended after a severe motorcycle accident
was its vice-president. Between 1957 and 1974 he was chairman of the National Committee. From 1 January 1964 until his death he was a senator in the Bavarian Senate. From 1971, Mandel was a member of the Executive Board of the Central Council of Jews in Germany.
Mandel died 25 December 1974 and is buried in Fürth's new Jewish Cemetery.
Memorial.
On May 5, 2018, Jean Mandel and his brother Leo were honored in Fürth, Germany with the placement of a memorial plate.