Konrad Goldmann

Konrad Goldmann (born March 20, 1872 in Tukums , Kurland , then part of Russia ; died July 15, 1942 in Drancy ) was a Jewish entrepreneur and victim of the Shoah .

Life

In 1907 the engineer Konrad Goldmann moved to Freiburg im Breisgau , where he became the owner of the Freiburg wire and cable works on Wentzingerstraße. Konrad Goldmann lived with his family in a villa at Mozartstrasse 30. He had to sell the house and factory because of financial problems. After fleeing to France in 1939, Konrad Goldmann died in 1942 in the Drancy assembly camp near Paris .

Markenhof

Konrad Goldmann (seated in the center of the picture) in the circle of Hachschara-Elevn (1920)

In 1919 Konrad Goldmann bought the Markenhof near Kirchzarten . Under the direction of Alexander Moch, an agriculture was operated, which also served as Hachshara , that is, the preparation for immigration to Palestine . The teaching material is considered to be the first kibbutz-like facility for German Jews.

Honors

In Freiburg, a street is named after Konrad Goldmann. In January 2005 the artist Gunter Demnig laid a stumbling block in memory of Konrad Goldmann at his former home address at Mozartstrasse 30 . For his wife Robertina Goldmann, who lives separately from him, a stumbling block was laid at her former home address at Mozartstrasse 14 .

Web links

Markenhof at Alemannia Judaica (with current photos)
Was the course set for the State of Israel in Freiburg? in Badische Zeitung on September 30, 2013

Individual evidence

^ Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945 . Retrieved March 14, 2016.
↑ Moch later, 1932-1940, managed the Neuendorf Landwerk with the same objective
↑ Konrad Goldmann biography on stolpersteine-in-freiburg.de , accessed on May 27, 2019
↑ Robertina Goldmann biography on stolpersteine-in-freiburg.de , accessed on May 27, 2019

personal data
SURNAME	Goldmann, Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German engineer and entrepreneur, promoter of Zionism
DATE OF BIRTH	March 20, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tukums , Courland , Russia
DATE OF DEATH	July 15, 1942
Place of death	Drancy

[1] Commemorative Book - Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945 . Retrieved March 14, 2016.

[2] Moch later, 1932-1940, managed the Neuendorf Landwerk with the same objective

[3] Konrad Goldmann biography on stolpersteine-in-freiburg.de , accessed on May 27, 2019

[4] Robertina Goldmann biography on stolpersteine-in-freiburg.de , accessed on May 27, 2019