Diploma on the occasion of Wilhelm Salomon Freund’s retirement from the position of the Chairman of Council, December 29th, 1914.

The end of Wilhelm Salomon Freund’s municipal duties coincided with the beginning of World War I. Influenced by his conciliatory attitude, the German Progressive Party, of which he was a member, refrained from criticizing Kaiser Wilhelm II at the time. A year before his death, Freund received this diploma, decorated with a depiction of the interior of the Breslau City Hall and the council chamber. The laudation emphasized his gentle character, impartiality and ability to rise above religious and political divisions.