Beradt, Charlotte
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The author and lawyer Martin Beradt was born in Magdeburg on August, 26th 1881. In 1892 his family moved to Berlin. Beradt studied law in Berlin, Munich and Heidelberg. He received a doctorate from the university of Freiburg (Breisgau) in 1906. His first book Go was published three years later. Since 1911 Beradt worked as a lawyer in Berlin. He was a co-founder and syndic of the Schutzverband deutscher Schriftsteller (association for the protection of German writers). In 1933 Beradt was expelled from the bar association because he was Jewish. The Nazis burned his books and banned them. In 1938 Beradt married Charlotte Aron (1907-1986). One year later the couple immigrated to New York via London. In New York Beradt's wife earned a living as a hairdresser. Martin Beradt tried to find a new publisher, but he was not successful. He died in New York, on November 26th 1949. After his death Charlotte Beradt found some publishers who reissued the work of her husband.
From the guide to the Martin Beradt Collection, 1902-1988, bulk 1909-1965, (Leo Baeck Institute)
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- Berlin (Germany) (as recorded)
- Magdeburg (Germany) (as recorded)
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