Elisabeth Skutezky

1799–1880 (age 81)

Biography

Elisabeth Skutezky was born in 1799 and lived through nearly the entire nineteenth century, witnessing dramatic transformations in the life of European Jewry. She was a member of the respected Skutezky family in the Brno Jewish community.

Elisabeth lived to the age of 81, passing away in 1880 after a long and full life. Her burial in the Jewish cemetery of Brno marks the final resting place of a woman who spanned generations of her community's history.