Franz-Michael Konrad is Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany). His areas of specialisation are history of education, social workand social pedagogy in Germany and German-Jewish History.

• Acknowledgements — Introduction — On the Way to Modern Social Work: Some Aspects of the Reform of Poor Relief in Germany from the End of the 19th century up to 1933— From Rahmanuth to Zedakah: The Reform of Jewish Poor Relief in Germany from the end of the 19th century to 1933— The Development of a Modern System of Social Welfare in the Jewish Community of Palestine (1917-1948)— Bibliography — Index .

Franz-Michael Konrad is Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany). His areas of specialisation are history of education, social workand social pedagogy in Germany and German-Jewish History.

• Acknowledgements — Introduction — On the Way to Modern Social Work: Some Aspects of the Reform of Poor Relief in Germany from the End of the 19th century up to 1933— From Rahmanuth to Zedakah: The Reform of Jewish Poor Relief in Germany from the end of the 19th century to 1933— The Development of a Modern System of Social Welfare in the Jewish Community of Palestine (1917-1948)— Bibliography — Index .

Franz-Michael Konrad is Professor Emeritus at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany). His areas of specialisation are history of education, social workand social pedagogy in Germany and German-Jewish History.

• Acknowledgements — Introduction — On the Way to Modern Social Work: Some Aspects of the Reform of Poor Relief in Germany from the End of the 19th century up to 1933— From Rahmanuth to Zedakah: The Reform of Jewish Poor Relief in Germany from the end of the 19th century to 1933— The Development of a Modern System of Social Welfare in the Jewish Community of Palestine (1917-1948)— Bibliography — Index .