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Maria Altmann (née Maria Victoria Bloch, later Bloch-Bauer; February 18, 1916 – February 7, 2011) was an Austrian-American Jewish refugee from Austria, who fled her home country after it was annexed to the Nazi’s Third Reich.
Annemarie Dina Gottliebová was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (today the Czech Republic), to a Jewish family. In 1939, when the Germans invaded her homeland, she was living in Prague, where she had gone to study at the Academy of Fine Arts.
She and her family, along with thousands of others, rushed to Cobh to help the survivors. [16] [10] Elmes was also exposed to the violence of the War of Independence when the family business was burned out by British forces in 1920. Despite the turmoil, Elmes was encouraged by her family to travel and study.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Yom Ha'atzmaut יוֹם הָעַצְמָאוּת Aerobatics display over Tel Aviv on Israel's 61st Independence Day, 2009 Observed by Israelis Celebrations Family gatherings, firework displays, public celebrations (barbecues, picnics, concerts, etc.), religious services Observances Mount Herzl ...
Image of Victory (Hebrew: תמונת הניצחון) is a 2021 Israeli historical war drama film directed by Avi Nesher. The film includes a reenactment of the battle and subsequent loss of Kibbutz Nitzanim during Israel’s War of Independence and is based on real events. [1] [2] [3]
How did a young Jewish woman who escaped Nazi-occupied Austria in the late 1930s end up in New York and emerge as one of the most dynamic illustrators of comic books a few years later?
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum was born to Jewish parents in West Homestead, Pennsylvania, located just outside of Pittsburgh. [3] [4] His mother, Shirley Jane Goldblum (née Temeles; October 30, 1926 – January 9, 2012), [5] was a radio broadcaster who later ran a kitchen equipment and appliances sales firm; his father, Harold Leonard Goldblum (April 25, 1920 – February 23, 1983), was a physician ...
A decades-long court battle over a famous painting that was looted from a Jewish family by the Nazis at the dawn of World War II took a devastating turn for the family Tuesday, when a federal ...