The Goldschmidt School was a school that existed in

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, in the late 1930s. It was founded by Leonore Goldschmidt, a

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ish educator, after Jewish children were barred from attending public schools in 1938. Notable alumni include Stella Goldschlag, who passed as

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and betrayed other Jews in hiding during the war. Peter H. Wyden also attended the school and later wrote a biography on Goldschlag.

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