Correspondence with Echt, Samuel

Identifier
3000/9/1/362
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
File
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

5 letters

Biographical History

Samuel Echt (1888-1974) was a German historian and teacher. Being a leading member of the Jewish community in Danzig he had emigrated to England in 1939, and later to the United States. Since 1948 he worked as librarian at the New York University.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding source material for Echt’s current research project on the history of Jews in Danzig (today Gdansk, Poland).

Conditions Governing Access

open

People

  • Echt, Samuel

Subjects

  • Jewish communities
  • Jewish history

Places

  • Gdansk
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