。 ・ worked as an assistant to
Dr. Louis de Wecker (Nov. 1885- Feb. 1886)
。 wrote letter to his mother
(Jan. 1, 1886)
。 Sketches of the story
“Ang Matsing at ang
Pagong”
・ Found on the album of
Paz Pardo de Tavera
RIZAL HELPED LUNA IN AIS PAINTING
ㆍ Jose Rizal posed as Sikatuna
・ Trinidad Pardo de Tavera as Legazpi
The Blood Compact painted by Juan Luna
VA +» Jose Rizal posed as
n
Egyptian Priest
RIZAL AS A MUSICIAN
ㆍ Learned to play flute fairly well
+ Compositions:
Alin Mang Lahi (Any Race)
La Deportacion (Deportation)
Jose Rizal playing flute
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY eur ve)
Dr. Otto Becker
visited Strasbourg (Feb. 1, 1886)
lived in the boarding house with some German law
students and became a member of Chess Player’s Club
worked as an assistant to Dr. Otto Becker at the
University of Heidelberg
attended lectures of Dr. Becker and Prof. Wilhelm
Kuehneat university
» favorite flower: light blue “forget-me-
not”
・ wrote poem “A Las Flores de Heidelberg”
(To the flowers of Heidelberg) in
April 22, 1886
TR PASTOR ULMER AT MILLO
{| * Three-month summer vacation in Wilhelmsfeld, near
| Heidelberg.
| ・ Stayed with Dr. Karl Ullmer, a kind Protestant pastor,
his wife, and children Etta and Fritz
June 25,1886: Rizalleft
・ Wrote a letter to Pastor Ullmer expressing
gratitude and offering future assistance.
・ May 29, 1887: Rizal wrote to Fritz Ullmer
Dr. Karl Ullmer
from Munich, reaffirming his gratitude. ~ Wilhelmsfeld, Geriham
FIRST LETTER TO BLUMENTRITT
・ On July 31, 1886, Rizal wrote his first | -
letter in German to Professor |
Ferdinand Blumentritt. |
・ Blumentritt was the Director of the
Ateneo of Leitmeritz, Austria;and e
was interested in Philippine languages. #
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INLEIPZIG AND DRESDEN
August 9, 1886: Rizal left
Heidelberg, and arrived in Leipzig
+ Heattended lectures at the University of
Leipzig on history and psychology, and
befriended Professor Friedrich Ratzel and
Dr. Hans Meyer.
ㆍ Rizal translated Schiller's "William Tell"
into Tagalog and later translated Hans
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e
Christian Andersen's fairy tales for his
University of Leipzig nephews and nieces.
INLEIPZIG AND DRESDEN
・ October 29, 1886: Rizal left Leipzig for
Dresden, where he met Dr. AdolphB.
Meyer and attended an impressive
Mass.
・ On November 1, 1886, Rizal left Dresden
for Berlin, arriving in the evening.
Dr. AdolphB. Meyer
+
DA. FEODOR JAGOR
+ Author of Travels in the
Philippines
・ German scientist-traveler :
pHi pates TRAVELS IN THE PHILIPPINES
・ Rizaladmired this book
because of its observations in
the Philippine setting
・ Foretold the downfall of
Spanish rule in the Philippines es
RIZAL'S LIFE UN BERLIN
・ He took private lessons under a
professor of French, Madame Lucie
Cerdolein orderto master the
idiomaticintricacies ofthe French
language.
ㆍ He enjoyed promenading along
Unter den Linden, the most popular *
boulevard of Berlin.
RIZAL ON GERMAN WOMEN
Rizal wrote to his sister Trinidad, dated
March 11, 1886 expressing his high regard
and admiration for German
womanhood.
Rizal remarked: If only Filipino women
can cultivate their intellect by education
and by taking more interest in worldly
affairs, they can command the respect
of allmen.
GERMAN CUSTOMS
Rizal was a keen observer of the customs of the peoples in
all the countries he visited.
+ The Christmas Customs of the German
・ Self-Introduction to strangers in social gathering
o Itis bad manners for a guest to remain aloof, and
wait for his host/hostess to make the proper
introduction.
RIZAL S DARKEST WINTER
ㆍ He lived in poverty because no money arrived from
Calamba; he was flat broke.
・ Outin Calamba, Paciano tried desperately to raise
money but the crops had failed due to ravages of the
locusts.
ㆍ Rizal starved in Berlin; his health broke down and he
feared that he was going to be sick with tuberculosis.