The Stiftung was a Protestant religious institute which included a school for the poor, an orphanage, a medical centre, and publishing house. Eugen's mother was Sophie Neumann. Up to the age of ten Eugen attended a school in Halle, but from that time he went to a Gymnasium in Berlin.
Ang Stiftung ay isang Protestante relihiyon instituto na kasama ng isang paaralan para sa mahihirap, isang pagkaulila, isang medical center, at publishing house. Eugen ng ina ay Sophie Neumann. Up na ang edad ng sampung Eugen pumasok sa isang paaralan sa Halle, ngunit mula sa panahon na siya nagpunta sa isang himnasyo sa Berlin.