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1. Erwin Schulhoff

   Person · 1894-06-08–1942-08-18 · Komponist, Musiker, Pianist · Prag · 14 sources

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2. Jiří Langer

   Person · 1894–1943 · Psychologe, Schriftsteller, writer · Prag · 11 sources

   (1894–1943), Hebrew and Czech writer. Jiří (Mordekhai Georgo) Langer was born in Prague to an assimilated merchant family. His eldest brother was the well-known Czech writer and playwright František Langer (1888–1965). L…

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3. Frankel, Zacharias

   Person · 1801-10-30–1875-02-13 · Rabbi, Rabbiner, Schriftsteller · Prag · 10 sources

   Ältester Sohn des Koppelmann F., Abkömmling der bedeutenden Rabbinerfamilien Fränkel aus Wien und Spiro aus Prag, und der Esther Fischels, einer Tochter des Leiters der Prager Gemeindejeschiwa Löb Fischels. Studien in Pr…

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4. Franz Kafka

   Person · 1883-07-03–1924-06-03 · Jurist, Librettist, Lyriker · Prag · 9 sources

   (1883–1924), writer. A Jewish writer who was born and lived most of his life in Prague, Franz Kafka was one of the most important contributors to European modernist prose. All of his surviving fiction was composed in Ger…

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5. Franz Werfel

   Person · 1890-09-10–1945-08-26 · Librettist, Lyriker, Musiker · Prag · 9 sources

   (1890–1945), writer. Son of a prosperous Jewish glove manufacturer, Franz Werfel was brought up in Prague, where he was friendly with Franz Kafka, Max Brod, Willy Haas, and other members of the Prague Circle. He initiall…

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6. Hans Kohn

   Person · 1891-09-15–1971-03-16 · Auslandskorrespondent, Historiker, Journalist · Prag · 9 sources

   (1891–1971), Zionist activist, journalist, and scholar of modern nationalism. Hans Kohn was born in Prague to a bilingual (Czech and German) Jewish family; his parents came from the Czech regions outside the Bohemian cap…

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7. Max Brod

   Person · 1884-05-27–1968-12-20 · Author, Beamter, Composer · Prag · 9 sources

   (1884–1968), writer and critic. Born into an assimilated German-speaking family in multiethnic, late-Habsburg Prague, Max Brod went through an ideological transformation in his youth from German liberal and Jewish assimi…

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8. Felix Weltsch

   Person · 1884–1964 · Bibliothekar, Journalist, Philosoph · Prag · 8 sources

   (1884–1964), philosopher and journalist. Born in Prague, Felix Weltsch obtained doctorates in both law and philosophy, and in his books concentrated on social philosophy and political ethics. He belonged to what his life…

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9. Kohn, Salomon

   Person · 1825-03-08–1904-11-06 · Schriftsteller · Prag · 8 sources

   Prager, deutschsprachiger, jüdischer Schriftsteller

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10. Miriam Singer

    Person · 1898–1989 · Journalist, Kinderbuchautorin, Poet · Prag · 8 sources

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11. Wolf Pascheles

    Person · 1814-05-11–1857-11-22 · Buchhändler, Schriftsteller, Verleger · Prag · 8 sources

    (1814–1857), Hebrew printer, publisher, and bookseller. The son of impoverished parents, Wolf Pascheles earned his livelihood from childhood by tutoring in Prague and its immediate vicinity. In 1828, he edited and publis…

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12. Egon Erwin Kisch

    Person · 1885-04-29–1948-03-31 · Journalist, Schauspieler, Schriftsteller · Prag · 7 sources

    (1885–1948), journalist, writer, and political activist. The twentieth-century image of the reporter as adventurer-hero is deeply indebted to the self-fashioning of the “roving reporter,” as Kisch called himself in the t…

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13. Guido Kisch

    Person · 1889-01-22–1985-07-07 · Hochschullehrer, Jurist · Prag · 7 sources

    (1889–1985), lawyer and historian. Guido Kisch (son of Rabbi Alexander Kisch and an older brother to noted medical scholar Bruno Kisch) was born in Prague; he studied law at the German university there and received his h…

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14. Hans Krása

    Person · 1899-11-30–1944-10-17 · Komponist, Musiker · Prag · 7 sources

    Tschechoslowakischer Komponist deutscher Sprache, in Auschwitz ermordert

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15. Hugo Bergmann

    Person · 1883-12-25–1975-06-18 · Bibliothekar, Philologe, Philosoph · Prag · 7 sources

    (1883–1975), philosopher and early Zionist. Hugo Bergmann (also Shemu’el Hugo Bergman) was a member of the German-speaking Jewish minority of Prague in the generation most closely associated with his classmate and friend…

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16. Mathilde Prager

    Person · 1844-01-03–1921-02-07 · Literaturwissenschaftlerin, Schriftstellerin, Übersetzerin · Prag · 7 sources

    Österr. Schriftstellerin und Übersetzerin skandinavischer und englischer Literatur ist (i.d.R. unter ihrem Pseud. Erich Holm)

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17. Muneles, Otto

    Person · 1894-01-08–1967-03-04 · Hebraist, Hebraists, Judaist · Prag · 7 sources

    (1894–1967), Hebraist and historian. Otto Muneles was descended from an old Jewish family in Prague, records of which date to the sixteenth century; one of his ancestors was Avraham Muneles, who wrote an index to the Shu…

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18. Rainer Maria Rilke

    Person · 1875-12-04–1926-12-29 · Lyriker, Schriftsteller · Prag · 7 sources

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19. Robert Weltsch

    Person · 1891-06-20–1982-12-22 · Journalist, Publizist, Zionist · Prag · 7 sources

    (1891–1984), Zionist activist, journalist, and essayist. Robert Weltsch was born in Prague to one of the oldest and most respected Jewish families in the city. His father, attorney Theodore Weltsch, was active in local J…

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20. Walter Trier

    Person · 1890-06-25–1951-06-11 · Illustrator, Kostümbildner, Künstler · Prag · 7 sources

    Karikaturist und Kinderbuchillustrator; im Dezember 1936 verläßt er Berlin für immer (Flucht über Bièvres bei Paris nach London); im Februar 1947 Erhalt der britischen Staatsbürgerschaft; am 09.08.1947Auswanderung …

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