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Max Vredenburg
Max Vredenburg 1904
101245 Honest and tireless Max David Vredenburg was born in Brussels on January 16, 1904, and was raised in a Dutch-Jewish family. With the looming threat of war, they fled to The Hague. Max was … -
Daniel Belinfante
Daniël Belinfante 1893
100017 Avant-gardist in the Watergraafsmeer Belinfante was born in the Amsterdam neighborhood Watergraafsmeer on March 6, 1893, the third child in a family of ten. From his father Aron, a diamond … -
Paul Hermann
Paul Hermann 1902
100027 With a cello through Europe Paul (Pál) Hermann was born on March 27, 1902, in a well-to-do neighborhood in Buda. The amusing story goes that young Paul only would practice the piano if he … -
James Simon
James Simon 1880
102025 James Simon was born on 29 September 1880 in Berlin, in a highly assimilated, well-to-do Jewish family. His father being a private banker, the family enjoyed a luxury life. Reading the postcards … -
Ignace Lilien
Ignace Lilien 1897
100747 Cosmopolitan in a boundless musical universe Ignace Lilien was born on May 29, 1897, in multi-cultural Lemberg, at that time an Austrian city where Poles, Ukrainians and Jews were the largest … -
Ferenc/Franz Weisz
Franz Weisz 1893
100693 “I’m not involved in politics; I have nothing to fear” Born in Budapest on August 2, 1893, Ferenc was the third son of Ignaz Weisz and Terezia Friedman. He was a musical prodigy; at the age … -
Zoltán Székely
Zoltán Székely 1903
101244 Violin Virtuoso from Budapest Zoltán Székely was born on December 8, 1903 in Kocs, Hungary. His father, Laszló Székely, was a physician, and because of his work the family moved from time to …