Bahr-Mildenburg, Anna b. November 29, 1872 d. January 27, 1947 Opera Singer. She was a noted Wagnerian soprano of the early 20th Century. Born Anna Bellschau von Mildenburg, she studied at Vienna's Conservatory of Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde before making her 1895 operatic bow at Hamburg as Brunnhilde in Wagner's "Die Walkure" under the baton of Gustav Mahler whose lover and student she was soon to be. Anna was first heard at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus in 1897 as Kundry in Parsifal and that same season assumed the mezzo role of Ortud in "Tannhauser";...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Kommunal Friedhof, Salzburg Stadt, Salzburg, Austria
Greim, Robert Ritter von b. June 22, 1892 d. May 24, 1945 World War II German Field Marshal. He first rose to prominence in World War I as one of Germany's premier flying fighter Aces. During the course of the war he amassed a total of 28 aerial victories and was awarded the "Pour le Merite" medal (also known as the "Blue Max") as well as the Bavarian "Orden Max-Josef". The latter of these two awards conferred upon him the title of "Knight" thus allowing the addition of "Ritter" (Knight) and "von" to his name. During the 1930s he helped to secretly...[Read More] (Bio by: Mark S) Kommunal Friedhof, Salzburg Stadt, Salzburg, Austria
Purtscheller, Ludwig b. October 6, 1849 d. March 3, 1900 Adventurer. He teamed with Hans Meyer, a German, to be the first humans to reach the top of Kilomnajaro in Afrika in summer of 1889. Meyer's reason for the ascent--the highest peak in Germany should first be climbed by a German and Kilomanjaro was in German East Africa at the time. Born in Innsbruck, Austria, he was first a commerical apprentice in Villach, then became a gymnastics teacher in Klagenfurth for several years before he arrived in Salzburg for a position as gymastics and writing...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser) Kommunal Friedhof, Salzburg Stadt, Salzburg, Austria Plot: Ehrengrab der Gruppe 24
Reitsch, Hanna b. March 12, 1912 d. August 24, 1979 Pioneering German Aviatrix, she was the first female stunt pilot and test pilot in aviation history. Born into a middle class German family in an area now part of Poland, her father was an ophthalmologist and her mother a homemaker with a simple belief in God. Hanna's early goals were to be a flying doctor, but her passion for flying soon overtook her desire for a career in medicine and she left medical school to become a full time glider pilot. Because of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Greenberg) Kommunal Friedhof, Salzburg Stadt, Salzburg, Austria
b. November 29, 1872 d. January 27, 1947