Erik Blumenthal was a Baha’of German Jewish origin, he was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Germany

ERIK BLUMENTHAL, (1914-2004). An eminent Adlerian psychologist and Baha’i author of German Jewish origin, he was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Germany from 1955 to 1963, following which he served as a member of the Continental Board of Counsellors for Europe from its inception in 1968 until his retirement in 1985. In 1964 he became president of the Swiss Society for Individual Psychology, and in 2001 he was awarded the Medal of Honor by the Guild of Counsellors of Individual Psychology.