Leonore Goldschmidt [SEP] place of death
Leonore Goldschmidt
Leonore Goldschmidt (née Zweig; 17 November 1897 in Gosda/Brandenburg, Germany – 7 March 1983 in London, England) was a German teacher who founded the Goldschmidt School in 1935 in Berlin.
Biography.
Leonore Zweig was the daughter of Wilhelm Zweig, a brickworks owner, and grew up in a village in Lusatia. In 1916, she took her final school exams (Abitur) at the Grunewald-Gymnasium (since 1946 ) in Berlin-Grunewald. From 1916 to 1921, she studied
. On 1 May 1935, Goldschmidt set up her own school in Berlin-Grunewald, at Kronberger Straße 24. In 1934, her cousin ) had been murdered, and Goldschmidt received an inheritance with which she financed her project. The school expanded quickly and comprised four more buildings: at Hohenzollerndamm 102, 105–110, and Berkaer Straße 31. In 1937, the school had 520 students and 40 teachers.
The Private Jüdische Schule Dr. Leonore Goldschmidt (Private Jewish School Dr. Leonore Goldschmidt) was granted an official licence to run