Samuel Echt

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.^[1] Echt was responsible for the organization of the Kindertransport from Danzig which allowed 124 children to emigrate to Western Europe.^[2]

In 1939, Echt emigrated to Great Britain, and in 1948 to the United States. He died in New York City.^[3]

Publications

• Die Geschichte der Juden in Danzig, Rautenberg 1972, ISBN 978-3-7921-0095-0 (in German)