of a rich family of San Miguel, Bulacan.

Kenneth L. Bien • November 1885 – he was living in Paris

BSED SS 1-1 • Dr. Louis de Weckert (1852-1906) –
leading
French ophthalmologist where Rizal
Jose Rizal’s Life and Works worked as
an assistant about four months
CHAPTER 7- PARIS TO BERLIN • January 1, 1886 - Rizal wrote a letter for
(1885-1887) his
mother to reveal that he was rapidly
improved
• After completing his studies in Madrid, his knowledge in ophthalmology
Rizal went • Rizal relaxed by visiting his friends, such
to Paris and Germany in order to as the
specialize in family of the Pardo de Taveras (Trinidad,
ophthalmology. He particularly chose this Felix,
branch of medicine because he wanted to and Paz), Juan Luna and Felix Resureccion
cure Hidalgo
his mother’s eye ailment. • Juan Luna – the great master of brush;
• He served as assistant to the famous Rizal
oculists of helped him by posing as model in several
Europe paintings:
• In Berlin, capital of then unified 1. “the Death of Cleopatra”, Rizal posed as
Germany, he met an
and befriended several top German Egyptian priest
scientists, 2. ‘the Blood Compact”, Rizal posed as
Dr. Feodor Jagor, Dr. Adolph B. Meyer, Dr. Sikatuna
Hans
Meyer, and Dr. Rudolf Virchow. RIZAL AS MUSICIAN
• His merits as a scientist were recognized • Rizal had no natural aptitude for music,
by the and this
eminent scientists of Europe. he admitted. He studied music only
because
IN GAY PARIS (1885-1886) many of his schoolmates at Ateneo were
• Shortly after terminating his studies at taking
the music lessons
Central University of Madrid, Rizal went • In a letter dated November 27, 1878, he
to told
Paris in order to acquire more knowledge Enrique Lete that he “learned the
in solfeggio,
ophthalmology. piano, and voice culture in one month and
• He stopped at Barcelona to visit his a
friend, half”.
Maximo Viola, a medical student and a • He was a flutist in various impromptu
member reunions of
Filipinos in Paris
• Some of his compositions are:
1. “Alin Mang Lahi”(Any Race) – a
patriotic song
which asserts that any race aspires for
freedom
2. “La Deportacion”(Deportation) – a sad
danza,
composed in Dapitan during his exile
IN HISTORIC HEIDELBERG
• February 1, 1886 – left gay Paris
• February 3, 1886 – arrived in
Heidelberg (a
historic city in Germany famous for its old
university and romantic surroundings
• Rizal was a good chess player and
became a
member of Chess Player’s Club
• He became popular among German
students
because he joined them in their chess
games
and beer-drinking and watched their
friendly
saber duels
• He worked at the University of
Heidelberg under
the direction of Dr. Otto Becker, German
ophthalmologist
“TO THE FLOWER OF HEIDELBERG”
• He was fascinated by the blooming
flowers along
the cool banks of the Neckar River
• The light blue “forget-me-not” – his
favorite
flower
• April 22, 1886 – he wrote a fine poem “A
Las
Flores de Heidelberg”(To the Flowers of
Heidelberg)
WITH PASTOR ULLMER AT
WILHELMSFELD
• Wilhelmsfeld - where Rizal spent a
three-month
summer vacation
• Protestant Pastor Dr. Karl Ullmer -
where Rizal
stay at the vicarage of their house and
who
become his good friend and admirer
• May 29, 1887 - Rizal wrote from Munich
(Muchen) to Friedrich (Fritz)
FIRST LETTER TO BLUMENTRITT
• July 31, 1886 - Rizal wrote his first letter
in
German to Professor Ferdinand
Blumentritt.
• The book was entitled Aritmetica
(Arithmetic)
and was published in two languages
(Spanish
and Tagalog)
FIRST CENTENARY OF HEIDELBERG
UNIVERSITY
• Rizal was fortunate to be sojourning in
Heidelberg when the famous University of
Heidelberg held its 5 th centenary on
August 6,
1886.
IN LEIPZIG AND DRESDEN
• August 9, 1886 - Rizal left Heidelberg
• August 14, 1886 - when he arrived in
Leipzig
• Leipzig - Rizal translated Schiller’s
William Tell
from German into Tagalog. He also
translated
Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson.
He
stayed about two and half month in
Leipzig
• October 29, 1886 - he left Leipzig for
Dresden
where he met Dr. Meyer became Jose’s professor in Berlin. He took
• Dr. Adolph B. Meyer ± director of the private lessons in French in order to
Anthropological and Ethnological master the
Museum idiomatic intricacies of the French
• Nov. 1 - he left Dresden by train, language
reaching Berlin
in the evening RIZAL ON GERMAN WOMEN
• March 11, 1886 - Rizal wrote a letter
RIZAL WELCOMED IN BERLIN’S addressed to
SCIENTIFIC CIRCLES his sister, Trinidad, expressing his high
• Berlin - where Rizal met Dr. Teodor regard
Jagor and admiration for German womanhood
• Dr. Feodor Jagor - author of Travels in • German woman - serious, diligent,
the educated and
Philippines friendly
• Dr. Hans Virchow professor of • Spanish woman - gossipy, frivolous and
Descriptive quarrelsome
Anatomy
• Dr. Rudolf Virchow – German GERMAN CUSTOMS
Anthropologist • Christmas custom of the Germans
• Dr. W. Joest - noted German geographer delighted him
• Dr. Karl Ernest Schweigger - famous most.
German • Another interesting German custom
ophthalmologist where Jose worked in his observed by
clinic Rizal is self-introduction to strangers in a
• Rizal became a member of the social
Anthropological gathering.
Society Ethnological Society Geographical • According to the German code of
Society of Berlin etiquette, it is a
bad manner for the guest to remain aloof,
RIZAL’S LIFE IN BERLIN and
• Five reasons why Rizal lived in wait for his host or hostess to make the
Germany: proper
1. Gain further knowledge of introduction.
ophthalmology
2. Further his studies of sciences and RIZAL’S DARKEST WINTER
languages • Winter of 1886 – Rizal’s darkest winter
3. Observe the economic and political in Berlin.
conditions • He lived in poverty because no money
of the German nation arrived
4. Associate with famous German from Calamba. Rizal starved in Berlin and
scientists and shivered with wintry cold, his health
scholars down due
5. Publish his novel, Noli me Tangere to lack of proper nourishment
• Madame Lucie Cerdole - French
professor; she