Potsdam: Walter Homolka retires as a partner in the Abraham Geiger College

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Walter Homolka: His AGK shares were taken over free of charge

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After a scandal surrounding allegations of harassment, Walter Homolka has vacated another post at the Abraham Geiger College (AGK) for rabbi training.

The Potsdam institution announced that he was retiring as a shareholder.

The Leo Baeck Foundation took over Homolka's shares free of charge and is now the sole sponsor of the AGK.

Previous research had revealed various allegations of sexualized harassment directed against the former press spokesman for the AGK, Hartmut Bomhoff.

The AGK is an institute affiliated with the University of Potsdam and the only training center for liberal rabbis in Germany.

The SPIEGEL had also reported on an apparently toxic system in the rabbinate training at the University of Potsdam, at the center of which was Managing Director Walter Homolka.

He is a central figure for Judaism in Germany and the life partner of the accused Bomhoff.

Homolka is leaving his posts, including rector and managing director of the AGK, on ​​hold until the allegations have been clarified.

First, "Die Welt" reported on the allegations.

Bomhoff and Homolka did not go into detail about SPIEGEL's catalog of questions.

According to its own statements, the university set up a commission of inquiry in the spring to examine various allegations.

The college is self-employed as a non-profit limited company.

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