Persons | Jewish Communities of Austria

Elfriede Jelinek was born in Muerzzuschlag, Styria, the daughter of a chemist of Czech-Jewish origin and a mother from a

Fred Oberlander was born in Vienna. He started his career in 1930 at the Hakoah Vienna Jewish sports club and

Ruth Langer was born in Vienna. She started her swimming career at the age of eleven with the Hakoah Vienna

Judith Deutsch-Haspel was born in Vienna. She joined the Jewish ahtlectic club of Hakoah Vienna, because as a Jewess she

Manager of the Austrian national soccer team Hugo Meisl was born in Maleschau, Bohemia (now Malesov, Czech Republic), into a

Otto Herschmann was member of the Austrian team of swimmers at the First Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. He

Michael Lazar Biedermannn was born in Pressburg (now Bratislava). His interest in engraving took him to Vienna where he began

Georg Ehrlich was born in Vienna where he began his first studies in graphics and sculpture. In 1937 he moved to France

Erwin Singer was born in Vienna. He emigrated to the USA where he practiced painting in Boston. His art has

Erich Lessing was born in Vienna, son of a dentist and a concert pianist. In 1939, because of the Nazi