Friedmann, Desider (* 24.11.1880)

Identifier
PERSON.ITI.874290
Type of Entity
Person

History

Born 1880 in Boskovice. Died 1944 in Auschwitz. Austrian lawyer, Zionist and last president of the Jewish Community in Vienna before WWII. Friedmann was deputy director of the Elder of the Jews and head of the Ghetto Bank in Terezín. Transported to Dachau in April 1938, transported to Buchenwald. Transported to Terezín in September 1942. Transported to Auschwitz in October 1944.