alfred kluge descendants
visit jlss
the
descendants of diakon alfred kluge who served in the syrian orphanage in
jerusalem from 1927 to 1932; and his wife, karoline kluge, who also
served in the syrian orphanage from 1935 till 1939, visited jlss from 1
till 3 october 2019. their daughter, dorothea kluge luchterhandt, along
with her two sons, prof. dr. gerhard luchterhandt, and prof. dr. manfred
luchterhandt with his wife antje scherner stayed in the schneller
guesthouse for three days exploring our school and reminiscing on their
family ties with the syrian orphanage and the schneller family.
the piano in hermann schneller
haus
was a donation from diakon alfred kluge to the founder of our school,
father hermann schneller. it was an extremely emotional time for
dorothea kluge luchterhandt to play the piano of her parents after all
those years.
the luchterhandts only knew about the piano, but when they sent its old
photo to rev. george d. haddad, he also noticed that the cabinet in the
photo is also in jlss in hermann schneller room of the guesthouse. he
invited the luchterhandts to have a look at the cabinet.
upon inspection, it also turned our to be that of diakon alfred kluge of
the photo. the name "kluge" is written on its back and the plaque of the
cabinet builder from berlin - germany also confirmed that it was another
item of diakon alfred kluge.
prof. dr. gerhard luchterhandt performed a lovely short concert in st.
michael's church on 2 october at 7:00 pm. it consisted of improvisations
of the hymns our students know very well from singing them in chapel.
it was a wonderful concert that our students and educators
enjoyed.
before leaving, mrs. dorothea kluge luchterhandt presented the school
with a very kind donation of euro 500.
we express our sincere gratitude to gerhard for the concert he performed
for our students and educators.
we also thank the luchterhandts for their visit, the information they
revealed about the history of their family with the syrian orphanage in
jerusalem, and their love and wonderful support of
our school.