Dési von Halban

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Desirée "Dési" Louise Anna Ernestina von Halban

Also Known As: "Dési Goudstikker"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Death: February 12, 1996 (83)
Bilthoven, Netherlands
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Josef von Halban and Selma von Halban
Wife of Jacques Goudstikker and August Eduard von Saher
Mother of Eduard Joseph (Edo) von Saher
Sister of George Halban

Occupation: singer
Managed by: Helen Berman
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About Dési von Halban

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~dan/genealogy/Krakow/Families/Blumenstock.html

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9si_Halban

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9si_von_Halban

Désirée Louise Anna Ernestine "Dési" von Halban (10 April 1912 – 12 February 1996) was an Austrian opera and concert singer. She was the daughter of Austrian operatic soprano Selma Kurz and gynecologist Josef von Halban.

Dési von Halban was married to Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker who fled the Nazis in 1940, but died on-board the SS Bodegraven (nl) while passing the English Channel. His wife and infant son, Edouard, made their way to New York City, via Montreal.[1] His art collection was looted by the Nazis, and returned in 2006 only after a lengthy legal dispute.[2]

Halban remarried in 1950, to twice-divorced Dutch lawyer August von Saher.[3] Her son adopted his stepfather's surname.[4] He married Marei Langenbein, a West German figure skater. Their daughter, Charlene von Saher, became a competitive figure skater.[5]

The physicist Hans von Halban was her second cousin.

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Dési von Halban's Timeline

1912
April 10, 1912
Vienna, Austria
1939
January 25, 1939
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Ouder-Amstel, North Holland, Netherlands
1996
February 12, 1996
Age 83
Bilthoven, Netherlands