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    Joseph Wechsberg

    Joseph Wechsberg was a Jewish Czech writer, journalist and musician. He was born in Moravská Ostrava in Austria-Hungary. He and his wife requested and received asylum in the United States in 1939 when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. His mother was among the Czech Jews interned by the Nazis and later was murdered at Auschwitz. Over his career he was a prolific writer who wrote over two dozen works of nonfiction, including books on music and musicians, and contributed numerous articles to publications such as The New Yorker. Wikipedia

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  3. ritchiemuseum.org

    Nov 6, 2023Joseph (Joe) Wechsberg was born on August 29, 1907, in the Moravian town of Ostrau (Ostrava), a coal-mining center in an eastern corner of what is now the Czech Republic. There his father, Siegfried Wechsberg, was the junior partner in the family bank, but he was not a banker at heart.
  4. de.wikipedia.org

    Joseph Wechsberg wurde am 29. August 1907 in Mährisch-Ostrau (Moravska-Ostrava) geboren und in jüdischem Glauben erzogen. [1] Sein Großvater war ein wohlhabender Bankier; das Familienvermögen ging jedoch im Ersten Weltkrieg verloren. Wechsbergs Vater fiel im Ersten Weltkrieg. Wechsberg besuchte eine zweisprachige Schule.
  5. Joseph Wechsberg grew up in a fascinating historical period and shares his cultural and epicurean views of his native Moravia (part of the Austro-Hungarian empire until 1918), France and Hungary from childhood through his later years. It's comforting, amusing reading with wonderful descriptions of food and wine and the people who loved both in ...
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  6. archive.spectator.co.uk

    6d.) MR. JOSEPH WECHSBERG writes for the New Yorker. He is therefore at the top of his profession. This collection of autobiographical stories by a Czech musician who became a reporter and finally a citizen of the United States has the authentic blend of detachment and scepticism with a sort of shamefaced humanity and good sense which is the hall-mark of the best humorous writing in the best comic
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