Find A Grave - Zurich

Beriosova, Svetlana b. September 24, 1932 d. November 10, 1998
Noted Ballerina. Born in Kaunas, Lithuania in 1932, her family emigrated to the USA in 1940 where she was trained by her father who was a ballet dancer. She joined the Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo in 1947. Moved to England and joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company in 1950. She was appointed prima ballerina in 1955. Repertoire included: Trumpet Concert, The Prince of the Pagodas, Antigone, Perséphone, Ondine, Baiser de la fée, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Coppelia, Sylvia and...[Read More]
Friedhof Enzenbühl, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Plot: Grave No. 4192
Dunant, Henry b. May 8, 1828 d. October 30, 1910
Social Reformer. Born Jean Henri Dunant in Geneva, Switzerland, he became a successful Swiss businessman and social activist who eventually died a pauper. In 1859 while on a business trip he saw the chaos and despair of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy and documented his thoughts in his book "Un Souvenir de Solférino" (A Memory of Solferino). The book was composed of three parts: the battle; the battlefield after the fighting and its chaotic disorder, despair and misery and efforts to...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Friedhof Sihlfeld, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Keller, Gottfried b. July 19, 1819 d. July 15, 1890
Author. A leading Swiss writer of the 19th Century. His most famous novel, "The Green Henry" (1855), was based on his own frustrated ambition to become a painter. Keller is also noted for his short stories, written in a vivid, realistic style. (Bio by: Pirmin Trepte)
Friedhof Sihlfeld, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Legge, Walter b. June 1, 1906 d. March 22, 1979
Record Producer. Over a span of around 40 years, he gave the world a large catalog of classical recordings, many of which remain best-sellers. Raised in London, he did well in school, but quit at 16; after teaching himself to read music, and German, he was hired by HMV (later called EMI) in 1927 to write liner notes, and articles for the company's monthly magazine. During the 1930s, he was music critic for "The Manchester Guardian", and took-on progressively larger responsibility at HMV. Legge...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Zumikon Friedhof, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Polgar, Alfred b. October 17, 1873 d. April 24, 1955
Author, Journalist. He was born in Wien, Austria. He began his career as journalist for the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung. When the nazis raised to power, he fleed Germany to Prague and later to United States. Here, he worked for the MGM. He is remembered for his books "Kleine Zeit," "Max Pallenberg," "Kleine Schriften," "Der Unsterbliche Kaspar," "Die Defraudanten," "Geschichten ohne Moral," "Die lila Wiese" and "Taschenspiegel," among many others. (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Friedhof Sihlfeld, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Plot: Group L. Grave 83.144
Schwarzenbach, Annemarie b. May 23, 1908 d. November 15, 1942
Author, Journalist. She was born in Zurich, Switzerland. A close friend of Klaus and Erika Mann, she was a big traveler, experience that she reflected powerfully in her books. In 1934, she accompanied Klaus Mann to the first Congress of Writers, in Moscow. In 1936, Annemarie arrived in New York along with the photographer Barbara Hamilton-Wright, to document the great industrial regions of northeastern United States. Later she crossed Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Horgen Friedhof, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth b. December 9, 1915 d. August 3, 2006
Opera Singer. Born in Jarotschin, Germany (now Poland), she made her operatic debut as a Flower Maiden in Wagner's "Parsifal" at the Berlin State Opera in 1938. Within two years, she was singing lead soprano parts. Schwarzkopf was considered one of the supreme interpreters of Mozart, Richard Strauss, and Hugo Wolf, and she sang with such famous conductors as Wilhelm Furtwangler, Otto Klemperer, Vittorio de Sabata, and Herbert von Karajan. Her noted operatic roles included Violetta in "La...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Zumikon Friedhof, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Spyri, Johanna b. June 12, 1827 d. July 7, 1901
Author. She is remembered for her classic children's book, "Heidi." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Friedhof Sihlfeld, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Weingartner, Felix b. June 2, 1863 d. May 7, 1942
Conductor, Composer. More properly styled Paul Felix von Weingartner, Edler von Munzberg, he had a long career that saw him lead the renowned Vienna Philharmonic and record the first full preservation of Beethoven's Nine Symphonies. Born to a noble family in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was raised in Graz, Austria, from age five, initially studied music with Wilhelm Mayer-Remy, and intending to train in both music and philosophy moved to Leipzig in 1881. Soon deciding to...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Friedhof Enzenbühl, Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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