Samuel Echt
{{Short description|German historian and teacher}}
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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hqzCTJ6DODIC&q=Bernhard+Kamnitzer+Danzig&pg=PA34
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Echt was responsible for the organization of the Kindertransport from Danzig which allowed 124 children to emigrate to Western Europe.{{cite book
|title=Jüdische Schule und Erziehung im Dritten Reich|first1=Joseph |last1=Walk|year=1991|page=211|language=German}}
In 1939, Echt emigrated to Great Britain, and in 1948 to the United States. He died in New York City.[http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=475760 Leo Baeck Institute]
Publications
- Die Geschichte der Juden in Danzig, Rautenberg 1972, {{ISBN|978-3-7921-0095-0}} {{in lang|de}}
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Category:People from Zelenogradsky District
Category:People from East Prussia
Category:19th-century German Jews