Pavel Haas
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Pavel Haas was a Czech composer who was murdered during the Holocaust. He was an exponent of Leoš Janáček's school of composition, and also utilized elements of folk music and jazz. Although his outpu
Pavel Haas
Memorial plaque to Pavel and Hugo Haas at the house where they grew up in Brno
Hugo Haas
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Hugo Haas was a Czech film actor, director and writer. He appeared in more than 60 films from 1926 to 1962 and directed 20 films from 1933 to 1962.
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…family. His father, Zikmund, a shoemaker by trade, was from the Moravian region, while his mother, Olga (née Epstein), was born in Odesa. His brother, Hugo Haas (1901–1968), was a popular actor in interwar Czechoslovakia. After studying piano privately, Haas began his more formal musical education at the age…
Hugo Haas in Pickup (1951)
Grave of Hugo Haas at the Jewish Cemetery in Brno