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

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

References

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