Eduard Lederer
Eduard Lederer , also Leda , (born July 15, 1859 in Chotoviny , † June 5, 1944 in Terezín ) was a Jewish - Czech lawyer, politician and writer. Lederer was a victim of the Holocaust .
Life
After completing his high school career, Lederer studied law at the University of Prague and received his doctorate in law in 1883 . He then worked as a trainee lawyer in Prague and from 1890 worked as a resident lawyer in Neuhaus. Lederer was married and the couple had two children. Lederer was involved in the Czech-Jewish movement as one of the protagonists and publicists. Lederer, who published under the pseudonym Leda, devoted himself in particular to the Czech-Jewish question as well as state and local politics. In this context, he dealt in particular with anti-Semitism . He has also been the author of dramas, novels, and writings dealing with epic stories. After the founding of Czechoslovakia , he became a consultant for Jewish cultural affairs in the school ministry and remained in this position until 1926. After that, he worked again as a lawyer in Prague.
After the Wehrmacht invaded what is known as the rest of the Czech Republic, Lederer was deported from Prague to the Theresienstadt ghetto because of his Jewish origins , where he arrived on July 6, 1942. Lederer was considered a "prominent prisoner" in Theresienstadt. Lederer died there on June 5, 1944.
literature
- Axel Feuss: The Theresienstadt-Konvolut , Altonaer Museum in Hamburg, Dölling and Galitz Verlag, Hamburg / Munich 2002, ISBN 3-935549-22-9 .
- Jewish Museum Prague : Judaica Bohemiae XLIV 1 , Prague 2009, ISBN 978-80-86889-84-9 (pdf)
- Samuel Steinherz : Yearbook of the Society for the History of Jews in the Czechoslovak Republic , III. Born 1931, reprint by Textor Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 3-938402-02-4 (volume 3)
- Havel: Lederer Eduard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 82.
Web links
- Short biography and picture of Eduard Lederer on www.ghetto-theresienstadt.info
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lederer, Eduard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leda, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech lawyer, writer, politician and victim of the Holocaust |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chotoviny |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 5, 1944 |
| Place of death | Terezín |