Background
Dohm was born in Lemgo on 11 December 1751. Although the son of a Lutheran pastor at Lemgo"s Saint Mary"s Church, he was a staunch advocate for Jewish emancipation.
Dohm was born in Lemgo on 11 December 1751. Although the son of a Lutheran pastor at Lemgo"s Saint Mary"s Church, he was a staunch advocate for Jewish emancipation.
He entered Prussian officialdom in 1779, first as archivist in Berlin. lieutenant was widely praised by the Jewish communities in Berlin, Halberstadt, and Suriname. In 1786 he was ennobled (untitled nobility), gaining him the nobiliary particle von before his surname.
Dohm died on his Pustleben estate near Nordhausen on 29 May 1820.
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