Samuel Echt

Samuel Echt (17 July 1888 – 12 November 1974) was a German historian and teacher.

Biography

Echt was born in Norgau, East Prussia, Germany (modern Medvedevo, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia). He worked as a teacher and historian.

Echt was a leading member of the Jewish Community of Danzig after World War I.[1] Echt was responsible for the organization of the Kindertransport from Danzig which allowed 124 children to emigrate to Western Europe.[2]

In 1939, Echt emigrated to Great Britain, and in 1948 to the United States. He died in New York City.[3]

Publications
  • Die Geschichte der Juden in Danzig, Rautenberg 1972, ISBN 978-3-7921-0095-0 (in German)

References
  1. Grubel, Fred (1990). Catalog of the archival collections. Leo Baeck Institute. p. 34. ISBN 3-16-145597-5.
  2. Walk, Joseph (1991). Jüdische Schule und Erziehung im Dritten Reich (in German). p. 211.
  3. Leo Baeck Institute
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