Eugen Mittwoch behalf of Mittwoch. Because of their colonial activities in Ethiopia, the Italians were extremely interested in Mittwoch's knowledge and research. Mittwoch was very active on behalf of the Ethiopian Jews (Falasha), and was also one of the first German Jews who could speak fluent Ivrit. Starting in 1933, Mittwoch used his "privileged" position in Germany (he continued to receive his salary as a German professor until the beginning of the war) on behalf of the Jewish community, he became head of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Berlin. However, in 1938, after Kristallnacht, also Mittwoch had to emigrate, and
Determination of the day of the week where is the day of the week (counting upwards from 1 on Sunday instead of 0 in Gauss's version); and , , and are numbers depending on the day, month, century and year which are tabulated in the "Complete table: Julian and Gregorian calendars" above. Note that the numbers tabulated for y can also be described by the following equation: Where So, for example, if you want to find 'y' for the year 1987: In Zeller’s algorithm, the months are numbered from 3 for March to 14 for February. The year is assumed to begin in March; this means, for