Ignaz Hochwald

1866–1941 (age 75)

Biography

Ignaz Hochwald was born in 1866 and spent his life as part of the Jewish community in Brno, Moravia. He witnessed the development of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the subsequent creation of Czechoslovakia, living through periods of relative stability and increasing uncertainty.

He died in 1941 at an advanced age, his life spanning nearly three-quarters of a century. His memory is honored in the Jewish cemetery in Brno, among those who shaped the community's history.

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