Henry B. Ollendorff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry B. Ollendorff

German-American social worker

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1907

Place of Birth: Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 10-Feb-1979

Profession: jurist, social worker

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Henry Bernard Ollendorff (March 14, 1907 – February 10, 1979) was a German-Jewish social worker. He was born as Heinz Bernard Ollendorff to an oculist in the town of Esslingen am Neckar, Germany.
He grew up in the city of Darmstadt.
He received his doctor's degree in law from the University of Heidelberg.
The discrimination laws of Nazi Germany severely hindered him in his work and he even had to spend 13 month in prison before he emigrated together with his wife to the United States of America in 1938. In Cleveland, Ohio he studied Social Work.
In 1954 the US Department of State asked him to participate in the re-education programme for Germans and he conducted courses for Youth leaders and social workers in Hesse.
He also had the idea to start an exchange program.
Now the Council of International Fellowship is a world wide organisation for professionals working in the field of social work.
Ollendorff died in Cleveland, Ohio.