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Josef SigallJosef Sigall was a painter, born in Brody in 1891. Having graduated from the gymnasium in Lviv in 1909, he moved to Vienna, where he gained his art... |
Painter | Brody | |
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Ludwig Heinrich Edler von MisesLudwig von Mises was born to wealthy Jewish parents in the city of Lemberg, in Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now L'viv, Ukraine). He was a... |
Philosopher | Lviv |
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Leopold InfeldLeopold Infeld was born in a family of Polish Jews, in Kraków which at that time was located in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was a... |
Physicist | Kraków |
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Isidor Isaac RabiIsidor Isaac Rabi was born in Rymanów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary. He was a Polish-born American physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized in 1944 for... |
Physics | Rimanuv רימנוב |
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Pinhas LavonPinhas Lavon was born as Pinhas Lubianiker in Kopychyntsi in what was previously Galicia in Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine). He studied law at... |
Politician | Kopychyntsi |
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Berl LockerBerl Locker Born in Kriwiec in Austria-Hungary, Locker was educated at a Jewish school. In 1902 he began contributing to the Der Yidisher... |
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Wilhelm ReichWilhelm Reich (24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of... |
Psychiatrist | |
Isaak RobinsohnIsaak Robinsohn was a well-known radiologist, born in the town of Brody in 1874. His father ran a bookshop and, as a result, Isaak was surrounded by... |
Radiologist | Brody |