Siegfried Ascher
1895–1942 (age 47)
Biography
Siegfried Ascher lived during a turbulent period in European Jewish history. Born in 1895, he came of age during the First World War and witnessed the establishment of the Czechoslovak state before the rise of Nazi persecution.
His final years were marked by the horrors of the Holocaust, and he perished in 1942. He is remembered through the Jewish cemetery in Brno, which serves as a testament to the vibrant community that once flourished there.