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Goldschmidt School
The Goldschmidt School was a school that existed in Berlin, Germany, in the late 1930s. It was founded by Leonore Goldschmidt, a German Jewish educator, after Jewish children were barred from attending public schools in 1938. Notable alumni include Stella Goldschlag, who passed as Aryan Aryan or Arya (, Indo-Iranian *''arya'') is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, in contrast to the nearby outsiders known as 'non-Aryan' (*''an-arya''). In Ancient India, the term ' ... and betrayed other Jews in hiding during the war. Peter H. Wyden also attended the school and later wrote a biography on Goldschlag. References {{Reflist Holocaust-related organizations Jewish German history Defunct schools in Berlin Jews and Judaism in Berlin Minority schools Jewish schools in Germany Segregated schools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin, Germany
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonore Goldschmidt
Leonore Goldschmidt (née Zweig; 17 November 1897 in Luckaitztal, Gosda/Brandenburg, German Empire, Germany – 7 March 1983 in London, England) was a German teacher who founded the Goldschmidt School in 1935 in Berlin. Biography Leonore Zweig was the daughter of Wilhelm Zweig, a brickworks owner, and grew up in a village in Lusatia. In 1916, she took her final school exams (Abitur) at the Grunewald-Gymnasium (school), Gymnasium (since 1946 ) in Berlin-Grunewald (locality), Grunewald. From 1916 to 1921, she studied English, German language, German, and history in Jena and Berlin, and received a doctorate from Heidelberg University. In 1923, she married lawyer Ernst Goldschmidt. They had two children: Gertrud (1924) and Rudolf (1925). Leonore Goldschmidt worked as a teacher in England and Berlin. In 1922, she was at the :de:Cecilienschule (Berlin), Cecilien-Schule in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, and from 1925 on, she was at the Sophie-Charlotte-Gymnasium in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
