Alfons Goldschmidt
Alfons Goldschmidt was a German journalist, economist and university lecturer.
Life
Goldschmidt was born in Gelsenkirchen. He was finance editor for Rudolf Mosse's Berliner Tageblatt, and held the chair of economics at the University of Leipzig.In 1919 he was one of the founders of the League for Proletarian Culture. He was co-editor of Räte-Zeitung with Leo Matthias.
He travelled to the Soviet Russia in 1920, arriving in Moscow on 1 May.
He was chairperson of the German section of Workers International Relief.
A heart attack claimed his life on Sunday, January 20th in Mexico City. The German-American Writers Association, of which he was a member, made the announcement. Goldschmidt's Nazi [book burnings|books were set on fire] by the Nazis. He had been invited by the Mexican government to teach at the University of Mexico City for a year.
Works
Die Wirtschaftsorganisation Sowjet-Russlands Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt' Berlin: Ernst RowohltArgentinien Berlin: Ernst RowohltMexiko- '