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161. 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 …

162. 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 …

163. 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 …

164. 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 …

165. 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 …