Béla Schick (1877–1967) Gerta Ries Wiener (Germany 1898-2000 New York) USA, 1990 Bronze, h. 1 ¾ x w. 1 ¾ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, Jewish-American Hall of Fame Collection, gift of Mel and Esther Wacks, Debra Wacks, and Shari Wacks, 2019.7.43 Béla Schick was born in Hungary and brought up in Graz, Austria. Young [...]
Herbert Lehman (1878–1963) Jacques Schnier (Romania 1898-1988 California) USA, 1974 Bronze, h. 1 ¾ x w. 1 ¾ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, Jewish-American Hall of Fame Collection, gift of Mel and Esther Wacks, Debra Wacks, and Shari Wacks, 2019.7.11 Herbert Henry Lehman was born in New York City to a German Jewish immigrant family. [...]
Ernestine Rose (1810–1892) Gerta Ries Wiener (Germany 1898-2000 New York) USA, 1994 Bronze, h. 1 ¾ x w. 1 ¾ in. Cincinnati Skirball Museum, Jewish-American Hall of Fame Collection, gift of Mel and Esther Wacks, Debra Wacks, and Shari Wacks, 2019.7.51 A self-described “rebel at the age of five,” Ernestine Louise Potowski was born [...]
