Alfons Goldschmidt (28 November 1879,
Gelsenkirchen – 20 or 21 January 1940,
Mexico City
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) was a
German
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journalist, economist and university lecturer.
Life
Goldschmidt was born in
Gelsenkirchen. He was finance editor for
Rudolf Mosse's
Berliner Tageblatt
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History
The ''Berline ...
, and held the chair of economics at the
University of Leipzig
Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...
.
In 1919 he was one of the founders of the
League for Proletarian Culture. He was co-editor of ''
Räte-Zeitung'' with
Leo Matthias.
He travelled to the
Soviet Russia
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...
in 1920, arriving in
Moscow
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on 1 May.
He was chairperson of the German section of
Workers International Relief
The Workers International Relief (WIR) — also known as Internationale Arbeiter-Hilfe (IAH) in German and as Международная рабочая помощь (Mezhdunarodny Rabochy Komitet Pomoshchi Golodayushchim Rossii − Mezhrabpom) in R ...
.
A heart attack claimed his life on Sunday in Mexico City. The German-American Writers Association, of which he was a member, made the announcement. Goldschmidt's
books were set on fire by the Nazis. He had been invited by the Mexican government to teach at the University of Mexico City for a year.
Works
* ''Die Wirtschaftsorganisation Sowjet-Russlands'' (1920) Berlin:
Ernst Rowohlt
Ernst R. Rowohlt (23 June 1887 in Bremen – 1 December 1960 in Hamburg) was a German publisher who founded the Rowohlt publishing house in 1908 and headed it and its successors until his death.
In 1912 he married actress Emmy Reye, but the marr ...
*
Moskau 1920; Tagebuchblätter' (1920) Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt
* ''Argentinien'' (1923) Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt
* ''Mexiko'' (1925)
*
Auf Den Spuren Der Azteken' (1927)
*
Whither Israel?' (1934) New York, (with a foreword by
Albert Einstein
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)
* ''The fate of trade unions under fascism'' (1937) New York: Anti-fascist literature committee
* ''Grosse Liebe, weite Welt oder zwischen Rio Bravo und Moskwa : Reise- u. Zeitbilder 1920-1940'' (1974) Berlin : Buchverlag Der Morgen
External links
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References
1879 births
1940 deaths
Anti-fascism in Germany
German people of Jewish descent
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