Ein Mensch wie ich /

Childhood in assimilated middle class Jewish family in Berlin; school years and university study in Berlin and Munich; failure of his play "Gabe Gottes"; debate on his article "Deutsch-juedischer Parnass"; experiences as editor of the Vossische Zeitung.Moritz Goldstein was born in Berlin in 1880. After editing the "Goldene-Klassiker-Bibliothek" he became an editor of the Vossische Zeitung in Berlin. His article "Deutsch-juedischer Parnass" in the literary journal 'Der Kunstwart' in 1912 caused a heated discussion on the question whether German Jews should contribute to German culture. Goldstein emigrated to Italy in 1933 and to the USA in 1947. He was the author of several plays and poems.Brief summary in Max Kreutzberger: "Leo Baeck Institute New York, Bibliothek und Archiv; Katalog": C 133Published as: Goldstein, Moritz: Berliner Jahre: Erinnerungen 1880-1933. - Muenchen, 1977