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  14. Abelis Klenickis

    Lithuanian composer, conductor and violinist was born on 14 July, 1904 in Tauragė. Studied at the Kaunas Conservatory in the classes of Juozas Gruodis and Jurgis Karnavičius. In 1953 Klenickis graduated (composition) at the Lithuanian Conservatory, he also took postgraduate cources at the Moscow Conservatory (conducting) in the class of L. Ginzburg. Klenickis served as president of the Lithuanian Composers’ Union. He died on 14 May 1990 in Vilnius.

  16. Abetz Otto

    26/03/1903

    05/05/1958

    German ambassador in Paris since August 1940.

  17. Abolaffio, Vittorio

    • Vittorio Abolaffio

  18. Abraham Asscher

    19 September 1880 – 2 May 1950

    a Dutch Jewish businessman and politician from Amsterdam. In the 1930s, he became a leader and spokesmen of the Dutch Jewish community. He served as the President of the nation’s central Jewish organization, the Nederlandsch-Israëlitsch Kerkgenootschap (Dutch Jewish Congregation). When Jewish refugees began to flee in numbers to the Netherlands from the Nazi regime in Germany, it was Asscher, along with Professor David Cohen, who established (with government support) two organizations to deal with the situation. The Comité voor Bijzondere Joodse Belangen (Committee for Special Jewish Intere...

  19. Abraham Kalmanowitz

    • אברהם קלמנוביץ

    Played a leading role in the the activities of the Va'ad Ha-hatsala of the Orthodox Rabbis in the USA

  20. Abraham Leib Zissu

    • אברהם לייב זיסו

    Romanian Jewish politician, journalist, and essayist