Rose Ausländer

female, deceased (1988)
Rose Ausländer, maiden name Rosalie Beatrice Scherzer, was a German writer. She was born in Czernowitz, which at that time was part of the A...
Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

male, 77 years old
Aharon Appelfeld (born February 16, 1932 in Czernowitz, Romania) is an Israeli novelist. In 1940, the Nazis invaded his hometown. His mother was...
Karl Emil Franzos

Karl Emil Franzos

male, deceased (1904)
Karl Emil Franzos was a German (Austrian) novelist. Franzos was born of Sephardic father and Odessan mother of Jewish parentage in Ukraine Podolia,...
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman

Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman

female, 89 years old
Beyle (or Bella) Schaechter-Gottesman (born August 7, 1920) is a Yiddish poet and songwriter.
Mordkhe Schaechter

Mordkhe Schaechter

male, deceased (2007)
Itsye Mordkhe Schaechter was a leading Yiddish linguist, as well as a writer and educator who spent a lifetime studying, standardizing and teaching...
Joseph Schmidt

Joseph Schmidt

male, deceased (1942)
Joseph Schmidt was a tenor and actor. He was born in Davidende (Ukrainian: Davideny), a small town in the Bukovina province of Austria-Hungary,...
Erwin Chargaff

Erwin Chargaff

male, deceased (2002)
Erwin Chargaff (Czernowitz, August 11, 1905 - Bukowina, Austria, June 20, 2002) was an Austrian biochemist who emigrated to the United States...
Jacob Frank

Jacob Frank

male, deceased (1791)
Jacob Frank was an 18th century Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi, and also...

Eric Roll

male, deceased (2005)
Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden CB KCMG (December 1 1907-March 30 2005) was an academic economist, public servant and banker. He was made a life...
Ingo Preminger

Ingo Preminger

male, deceased (2006)
Ingwald "Ingo" Preminger (b. 25 February 1911, Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary (now Cernovcy, Ukraine) - d. 6 June 2006, Pacific Palisades, California)...