Introduction

Before the First World War

The young Leonore, 1897-1914

LoreÕs adult education, 1914-1923

Meeting Ernst Goldschmidt 1922

Ernst Goldschmidt 1885-1914

1914-1918 World War 1 and after

1922 Ernst and Lore Goldschmidt, a team

1931, the first contact with England

1933 Hitler gains power

1934 The murder of Alexander Zweig, LoreÕs cousin

1935 Opening of the first LGS

1936 Opening of the 2nd LGS

Application for the ReifeprŸfung or Abitur

The importance of English qualifications

Summer holidays and visit to England

Walter HŸbner

A further school expansion

Second visit to England

1937

Dr. Leonore Goldschmidt Schule, a Cambridge University Examination Centre

The fourth building

The questionnaire 1937

First sign of jealousy

1938

The invasion of Austria

1938 visit to the USA

The farm venture in North Carolina

The beginning of the end

England

1939

The last summer in Germany

Lore and Ernst leave for England

September 3rd, 1939 England declares War on Germany

1940

Internment of all German male refugees above 16yrs

Evacuation to South Wales

Tintern

1941

Postscript

1942

1943-1945

1946-1948

1949

1950-1983

 

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