Mann, Erika b. November 9, 1905 d. August 27, 1969 Actress, Author. The oldest daughter of famed author Thomas Mann, she became a "thorn in the side" of the Third Reich with her activities. She was born in Munich, Germany where her and her brother, Klaus Mann, had a successful career in the theater including the opening of the cabaret show Die Pfeffermühle (The Peppermill). The show was anti-Fascist and in 1933 she was forced to leave Germany. She escaped to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bigwoo) Kilchberg Village Cemetery, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Mann, Thomas b. June 6, 1875 d. August 12, 1955 Essayist, critic, and novelist. Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. When his father died in 1891 the family moved to Munich. Mann was educated at the Lübeck gymnasium and he also spent some time at the University of Munich. His career as a writer started in the magazine "Simplicissimus." His first book was published in 1898. During these years Mann became immersed in the writings of the philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche as well as in the music of composer...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena) Kilchberg Village Cemetery, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Sprüngli-Ammann, Rudolf b. 1816 d. 1897 Confectioner. He was one of the founders of the Swiss chocolate and candy company Lindt & Sprüngli. He began making chocolates in the confectionary shop of his father, David Sprüngli, in Zurich, Switzerland in 1845. He opened his own chocolate production company in 1847. In 1892, he turned the company over to his sons, David Robert and Rudolf, Jr. David Robert inherited the confectionary shop Confiserie Sprüngli, which today has 19 branches in Switzerland with an annual revenue of around 100...[Read More] (Bio by: M Pattison) Kilchberg Village Cemetery, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland
Sprüngli-Baud, David Robert b. 1851 d. 1944 Confectioner. Son of Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann and grandson of David Sprüngli of the Swiss Sprüngli chocolate dynasty. He inherited the Confiserie Sprüngli with shop and tea-room from his father in 1892 and successfully presided over it until 1924, when he turned it over to his son, Herman Sprüngli. Today, Confiserie Sprüngli has 19 branches in Switzerland with an annual revenue of around 100 million Swiss francs. (Bio by: M Pattison) Kilchberg Village Cemetery, Kilchberg, Zurich, Switzerland
b. November 9, 1905 d. August 27, 1969