Fritz Goldschmidt: Diaries and eyewitness testimony
Extent and Medium
1 MF Reel
Creator(s)
- Centralverein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens
Biographical History
Fritz Goldschmidt was born in Breslau in 1893, the son of a doctor, who founded the first Jewish student fraternity in 1886. He died in 1968. He was a judge in the High Court in Berlin. Shortly after the Nazis came to power, new legislation precluded him from continuing in the profession and he devoted most of his time to working for the Central Verein Deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens as the representative for Charlottenburg.
Archival History
This collection was part of a series, the originals of which were sent to the Wiener Library in Tel Aviv.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of a 288 page manuscript diary and a 71 page personal account, both of which provide valuable evidence for the persecution of German Jewry in the Third Reich.
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Use MF Doc 54/ Reel 44
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Microfilm
People
- Goldschmidt, F. (Fritz)
Subjects
- Sachsenhausen (concentration camp)
- Personal narratives
- Diaries
Places
- Berlin