As I have mentioned earlier, at the beginning of the twentieth century Germany was a major center for modern Hebrew literature and home to writers such as Micha Josef Berdychewsky, David Frishman, Zalman Shazar, Fischel Lachower, Hayyim Nakhman Bialik, Saul Tchernichowski, Simon Rawidowicz, Ahad Haam, and many others.