List of North European Jews

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Before the Holocaust, Jews were a significant part of the population in Lithuania where they numbered around 240,000, including approximately 100,000 in Vilnius, or about 45% of that city's pre-WWII population (Vilnius was also once known as the "Jerusalem of Lithuania"). A large Jewish community also existed in Latvia. In comparison, Estonia and the Nordic countries have had much smaller communities, concentrated mostly in Denmark and Sweden. The following is a list of some prominent North European Jews, arranged by country of origin:

Contents

[edit] Denmark

[edit] Estonia

[edit] Finland

[edit] Iceland

[edit] Latvia

[edit] Lithuania

See also Litvak/Littauer, Lithuanian Jews, Lithuanian School of Kabbalah, Kovno kollel

[edit] Norway

  • Christian B. Anfinsen, chemist, Nobel Prize (1972) (Norwegian parents, convert)
  • Jo Benkow, parliament speaker
  • Leo Eitinger (b. in Slovakia), professor of Psychiatry at University of Oslo and Holocaust survivor, known mainly for his work on late-onset psychological trauma amongst Holocaust survivors
  • Bente Kahan, Yiddish singer and actress
  • Robert Levin, pianist
  • Mona Levin, actress, writer
  • Oskar Mendelsohn, historian, known for his 2-volume history of Norwegian Jews
  • Eva Scheer, author known especially for her descriptions of the Lithuanian-Jewish shtetl environment
  • Berthold Grünfeld, specialist in psychiatry, and professor in social medicine until 1993

[edit] Sweden

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Concise Dictionary of National Biography: "born in Lithuania of Jewish parentage"
  2. ^ Heifetz - [1] "Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, Mischa Elman... were all Jews, too"
  3. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "His parents were Orthodox Jews"
  4. ^ Bloom, Nate (2006-12-19). The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs. InterfaithFamily. Retrieved on December 19, 2006.
  5. ^ "Sachs, Nelly". Nationalencyklopedin Multimedia 2000. (2000). Höganäs: Bokförlaget Bra Böcker AB. ISBN 91-7133-747-4.
  6. ^ "Stiller, Mauritz". Nationalencyklopedin Multimedia 2000. (2000). Höganäs: Bokförlaget Bra Böcker AB. ISBN 91-7133-747-4.
  7. ^ Jewish Chronicle, February 4, 2000, p.6: "Jewish business leader Marcus Storch"
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