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up to. In their own manner they went around condemning
Mendelssohn indirectly, for they feared that direct accusations
of Mendelssohn could lead to recriminations and persecutions
of their people, especially since it was clear to them that both
Frederick II in Germany Joseph II in Austria, as well as other
monarchs under whom the Jews were living, were involved
with llluminati. They moved about very cautiously, and were
circumspect in their criticisms so as not cause any friction
between the ruling powers and members of the Jewish
community.
Of Mendelssohn's eight children, five were boys and three
were girls. The three boys surviving were Joseph, Abraham
and Nathan. One son by name of Chaim died in infancy
(February 19-April 3,1766) and another son Mendel died when
he was six in 1775. Eisenstein and Jospe 58 state that all the
children except one (Joseph) converted to Christianity, while
Altmann and EJ state that all the children except two resisted
conversion. 59 Altmann and EJ are correct. One daughter,
Dorothy, left her first husband, Jewish banker Simon Veit, to
marry the romantic poet Schlegel. She first turned Protestant
and then Catholic. Another daughter Henrietta turned Catholic
after her mother died in 1812. 60 The famous composer Felix
Mendelssohn (1809-1847) was son of Abraham who
converted in 1822. Felix was so ashamed of his Jewish
ancestry that he tried to have his last name changed, only to
discover ironically that people were flocking to his concerts
because of the memory of his illustrious grandfather
One may ask whether Mendelssohn, who had been set up
as a role model, could have planned the conversion of his
children as part of a conspiracy after his death. If one knows
these groups well, it is not so they far-fetched to believe that
this is a possibility. One can well ask, "Wouldn't his wife do
anything to stop the initial conversion from happening?"
Apparently she may have done nothing, for she was of the
Guggenheim family, which was part of the inner circle of the
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