Dieter J. Hecht

Dieter J. Hecht received a Ph.D. in contemporary history from the University of Vienna. His specialization is Jewish women’s history in central Europe, the Jewish press, and Holocaust Studies. He is involved in several historical projects in Austria and in Israel. Among his publications are Mutterland-Vatersprache (2005), an oral history study on Jews from Austria in Israel, a biographical study of Anitta Müller-Cohen (2008), and a biographical study of Egon Zweig (2012).

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Erna (Ernestine) Patak was a social worker and one of the Zionist veterans in Vienna in the early twentieth century, serving as the first president of WIZO Austria in the early 1920s. After surviving Theresienstadt, she returned to Vienna and later moved to London and finally to Tel Aviv.

Anitta Müller-Cohen circa 1921-1930

Anitta Müller-Cohen

Anitta Müller-Cohen was one of the most famous Jewish women in Vienna in the early twentieth century, earning her fame as a social worker, journalist, and Zionist politician. She started working in Vienna, later moved to London, and finally settled in Tel Aviv in 1934.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Dieter J. Hecht." (Viewed on November 21, 2024) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/hecht-dieter>.