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] In 1939 Echt emigrated to Great Britain and in 1948 to the United States. He died in New York City.[2]

Publications

References

  1. Grubel, Fred (1990). Catalog of the archival collections. Leo Baeck Institute. p. 34. ISBN 3-16-145597-5.
  2. Leo Baeck Institute
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