| Code | DS/UK/2289 |
| Dates | 1876-1965 |
| Person Name | Demuth; Fritz (1876-1965); Dr. jur. |
| Surname | Demuth |
| Forenames | Fritz |
| Title | Dr. jur. |
| Activity | Leader of “Notgemeinschaft deutscher Wissenschaftler im Ausland”. German economist and liberal politician |
| Relationships | Son of Rudolg Demuth and Clara Markwald; husband (m. 1922) to Leonore Demuth, née Brandt; father to two children. |
| History | studied Law in Freiburg, Breisgau, München, Berlin and Jena; received doctorate (1893); fled Germany to go to Switzerland (March 1933); became leader of 'Notgemeinschaft deutscher Wissenschaftler im Ausland' in Switzerland (c. 1933); moved to England and led the Notgemeinschaft there (1936); received Bundesverdienstkreuz (1949). |
| Source | Correspondence with Demuth, Fritz, Wiener Holocaust Library (WL3000/9/1/314)
Eyewitness account by Dr. Fritz Demuth, leader of the 'Notgemeindschaft deutscher Wissenschaftler im Ausland' (WHL)
Demuth, Fritz, in: Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss (Hrsg.): Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933. Bd. 1: Politik, Wirtschaft, Öffentliches Leben. Saur, München 1980 |
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