▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁since ▁his ▁Protest ant ▁wife ▁Il se ▁( d . ▁ 1 9 8 8 ), ▁serving ▁as ▁pres by ter ▁of ▁the ▁Jerusalem ▁Evangel ical ▁con greg ation , ▁counted ▁by ▁the ▁Naz i ▁rac ist ▁categories ▁as ▁partially ▁Jewish . ▁" Am ong ▁the ▁German ▁inhabitants ▁in ▁the ▁country , ▁only ▁the ▁[ J ew s ▁and ▁the ] ▁Luther ans ▁expressed ▁sorrow ▁at ▁Wol ff ' s ▁dismiss al ▁and ▁their ▁Jerusalem ▁newspaper ▁[ G emeinde blatt ] ▁published ▁a ▁warm ▁article ▁in ▁pra ise ▁of ▁his ▁activities . ▁Similar ▁sent iments ▁were ▁expressed ▁in ▁the ▁Heb rew ▁newspaper ▁, ▁which ▁la ud ed ▁his ▁cons ular ▁activity ▁and ▁her ald ed ▁his ▁efforts ▁not ▁to ▁hurt ▁the ▁feelings ▁of ▁those ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁Naz i ▁regime ." < ref > David ▁K roy ank er , ▁" Sw ast ik as ▁over ▁Jerusalem ", ▁in : ▁Ha - A ret z . com , ▁ 1 3 ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁</ ref > ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁Past or ▁Christian ▁Berg ▁succeeded ▁the ▁retired ▁Det wig ▁von ▁O ert zen ▁in ▁Ha ifa . ▁Berg ▁had ▁been ▁f url ough ed ▁by ▁his ▁employ er , ▁the ▁German ▁Christian - stream lined ▁Evangel ical ▁Luther an ▁State ▁Church ▁of ▁Me ck len burg , ▁after ▁the ▁Naz i ▁government ▁su ed ▁him ▁in ▁a ▁political ▁trial ▁in ▁Sch wer in ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 3