Diamant (Lask), Dora (Dora) b. March 4, 1898 d. August 15, 1952 Actress and last love of Frank Kafka. She was born in Pabianice, Poland and died in England. In July 1923, she was a volunteer for the Berlin Jewish Peoples Homes vacation camp on the Baltic Sea when she met the writer Franz Kafka. After returning to Prague, Kafka moved to Berlin, and later to the sanatorium outside Vienna where he died in her arms on June 3, 1924. In the late 1920s, she studied theater at the Dumont Drama Academy in Dusseldorf and worked as a professional actress. In the 1930s...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Cause of death: Kidney failure East Ham Jewish Cemetery, East Ham, Greater London, England Plot: Section XC-15-1083
Lewis (Mendeloff), Ted (Gershon) 'Kid' b. October 24, 1894 d. October 20, 1970 Hall of Fame Professional Boxer. He was the World Welterweight Champion (1915 to 1916 and 1917 to 1919). Lewis, along with American-born boxer Jack Britton yielded a historic rivalry (1915 to 1921) for which included 20 contests and the Welterweight Title exchanging hands four-times. Born Gershon Mendeloff, on London's East End into an impoverished Jewish family, he was already fighting as a professional by the time he reached the age of fifteen. He had secured both the British and European...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.) East Ham Jewish Cemetery, East Ham, Greater London, England Plot: Grave A-7- 344
b. March 4, 1898 d. August 15, 1952