Paris to Berlin

1885-1887
WHY

• Rizal went to Paris and Germany in order to

specialized in Ophthalmology. Rizal chose this
branch of medicine because he wanted to cure
his mother's eye ailment.
 Maximo Viola
In Gay Paris (1885-1886)

• Rizal's friend who is a

medical student and a
member of rich family
of San Miguel, Bulacan.
Dr. Louis Weckert (1852-1906)
• Leading French ophthalmologist
wherein Rizal was an apprentice
from November 1885 to
February 1886.
• With his master, his knowledge
improved.
Rizal visited his friends including Juan Luna in his studio while
not working at Dr. Weckert’s Clinic.

Rizal posed to some painting of Luna, and was one of the

Egyptian priests in “The Death of Cleopatra” and “Blood
Compact”
Señor Eusebio Corominas

• Editor of the news paper "La

Publicidad" and made a crayon
sketch of Don Miguel Morayta
owner of La Publicidad and
stasman.
RIZAL as MUSICIAN
• He studied music only because many of his schoolmates at Ateneo
were taking lessons.
• In a letter dated November 27, 1878, he told Enrique Lete that he
learned the solfeggio, piano and voice culture in 1 ½ month.
• He was flutist in various impromptu reunion of Filipinos in Paris.
• Some of his compositions are:
a. “Alin Mang Lahi” - a patriotic song which asserts that any race
aspires for freedom
b. “La Deportacion” – a sad danza, composed in Dapitan during his
exile
 IN HISTORIC HEIDELBERG
FEB. 1, 1886- LEFT GAY PARIS
FEBRUARY 3, 1886- arrived in
Heidelberg Germany that is famous
for its old university and romantic
surroundings
To The Flowers of Heidelberg
April 22, 1886 – write a fine
poem entitled “A Las Flores
Heidelberg” (To the Flowers of
Heidelberg)
 August 9 1886 - Rizal left in Heildelberg

Dr. Otto Becker

Distinguish German
ophthalmologist where
Rizal's worked in the
University Eye Hospital.
 August 14,
1886

Boarded by a train
Rizal arrived in
Leipzig.
 October 29, 1886 - Rizal left in
Leipzig for Dresden, where he
met Dr. Adolph B. Meyer
(Director of the Anthropological
and Ethnological museum).
BERLIN
Rizal was enchanted by Berlin because of its
scientific atmosphere and the absence of race
prejudice.
Madam Lucie
Cordole
She became Jose’s
professor in Berlin. He took
private lessons in French in
order to master the
idiomatic intricacies of the
French language
Ferdinand
Blumentritt
July 31, 1886, Rizal wrote
his first letter to him who
is the Director of Ateneo
of Leitmeritz, Austria.
He is an Austrian
ethnologist and he has an
interest in the Philippine
Language.
 Rizal Welcomed in Berlin’s Scientific
Circles
• Rizal met Dr. Teodor Jagor whom author of Travels in the Philippines
• Dr. Hans Virchow - professor of Descriptive Anatomy
• Dr. Rudolf Virchow – German Anthropologist
• Dr. W. Joest – noted German geographer
• Dr. Karl Ernest Schweigger – famous German ophthalmologist where
Jose worked in his clinic
• Rizal became a member of the Anthropological Society,
Ethnological Society and Geographical Society of Berlin
Rizal on German Women
March 11, 1886- he sent Trinidad a letter how he expressed and
admired German women. He said that they are serious, diligent,
educated and friendly.
RIZAL’S DARKEST WINTER(1886)
• He lived in poverty because no money arrived from
Calamba. Rizal starved in Berlin and shivered wintry cold,
he could not pay his landlord and he was eating one meal
a day, his health down due to lack of proper
nourishment.

• After the publication of Noli Me Tangere, Rizal received

1,000 pesos and immediately paid Viola then left Berlin
by train.
 Reasons for living in berlin:

To gain further knowledge of ophthalmology.

To further his studies of sciences and languages.

Rizal's life in
Berlin To observe the economic had political conditions of
German Nation.

To associate w/ famous German Scientist and

Scholars.

To publish Noli Me Tangere.