The German Committee for the Freeing of Russian Jews (German, 'Deutsches Komitee zur Befreiung der russischen Juden') was created in August 1914 by Max Bodenheimer with Franz Oppenheimer, Adolf Friedman and Leo Motzkin to lobby for the socio-political liberation of Jewish people living in the Russian Empire and ensure their protection from pogroms. In November 1914 it was renamed the Committee for the East. The Committee was initially supported by the German Empire but as no Jewish insurrection arose against the Russians the Germans soon lost interest References Further reading Deutsch-jüdische Geschichte in der Neuzeit by Michael A. Meyer, Steven M Lowenstein, Michael Brenner, Mordechai Breuer, Leo Baeck Institute Dokumente zur Geschichte des deutschen Zionismus 1882-1933 by Jehuda Reinharz 1914 establishments in Germany Organizations established in 1914 Jewish political organizations Opposition to antisemitism in Europe Jewish organisations based in Germany Russian diaspora in Germany Russian-Jewish diaspora in Europe