Benjamin Benedikt was born on January 7, 1886 in Mattersdorf (today Mattersburg, Austria). His father was Adolf Benedikt. After training at the Israelitische Lehrerbildungs-Anstalt in Würzburg, he began working as a teacher of religion in Vienna's Jewish public schools in 1909. He apparently retired in 1920 for medical reasons, and lived thereafter on a pension while also selling pre-printed medical forms. Benedikt lived in Vienna's eighth district with his wife and two children, Lucie and Edmund. In 1938, the children were sent to England on a Kindertransport . Benedikt and his wife managed to leave Vienna for New York in 1941, and the family was reunited in New York in 1943.
From the guide to the Benjamin Benedikt Collection, undated, 1897-1940, bulk 1900-1919, (Leo Baeck Institute)
