Sommer, Emil von (1868-1946) General in the Austrian Army Emil von Sommer was born in Bukovina. He graduated the cadets’ school and subsequently advanced Read More »
Schwarz, Arthur Zechariah (1880-1939) Arthur Schwarz, son of R.Adolph Schwarz, was born in Karlsruhe (Germany), graduated from the Israelitische-theologische Lehranstalt seminary in Vienna and Read More »
Schwarz, Adolph (Aryeh) (1846-1931) Born in Hungary, he studied at the Breslau Rabbinical Seminary and from 1875 was rabbi in Karlsruhe, Germany. In 1893 Read More »
Schutz, Herbert (1903-1964) Herbert Shutz was born in Vienna, and following his studies in art he turned to ceramics and mosaics. He received Read More »
Schumann, Elisabeth (1888-1952) Born in Merseburg (Germany), she studied voice and music in Dresden, Hamburg and Berlin. At the age of 31, in1919, Read More »
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951) Arnold (Franz Walter) Schoenberg (also spelled Schönberg) was born in Vienna, son of a shoe shop keeper and a mother Read More »
Schneid, Otto (1900-1974) In 1900, Schneid’s father, a Jewish law court director in Vienna, moved with his family to Jablunkova, Slovakia, where Otto Read More »
Salander, Berthold (1887-1959) Salander was born in Vienna, where he studied violin at the Royal Academy of Music Vienna. He joined the Philharmonic Read More »
Tyrnau, Isaac (1380/1395-?) Rabbi Isaac Tyrnau is believed to have been born in Vienna between 1380-1395. In his early adult years he moved Read More »