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Elsa Reiss

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Death: May 19, 1955 (79)
Helsinki, Finland (Old age, following a cerebral hemorrhage in January, 1955)
Place of Burial: Helsinki, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Albert Reiss and Emma Reiss
Sister of Rosa Friedländer; Helene Reiss; Gisela Gitzmaier; Sophie Reiss; Clara Reiss and 2 others

Occupation: Headmistress Schwarzwald Schule Primary Wien
Managed by: Jesper Dannesboe
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About Elsa Reiss

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Elsa taught, along with her sisters Klara (sometimes Clara) and Sophie, at the Schwarzwaldschule in Vienna. Her most famous student was Anna Freud with whom she maintained a lifelong friendship. Business management consultant Peter Drucker was also her student and mentions her at length in his book, "Adventures of a Bystander (New York: Harper & Row, 1978).

Genteam - Detail View: Index of the Jewish Records of Vienna and Lower Austria

  • No. 131106
  • Last Name Reiss
  • First Name Else
  • Code 1
  • First Name Father Albert
  • Last Name Mother Braun
  • First Name Mother Emma
  • Location Wien
  • Book F 1874-77
  • Volume F
  • Date 02.09.1875
  • Number 2373
  • Number Add
  • Page
  • Addition
  • Last Name Bride
  • First Name Bride
  • Age
  • Cemetery
  • 1=Births 2=Marriages 3=Burials

Reference: BillionGraves - SmartCopy: Apr 10 2023, 19:34:27 UTC

  • Elsa Reiss Born: 2 September 1875 Died: 19 May 1955 age: 79 Years 8 Months 17 Days - People Buried Here:
    • Rudolfine Michaela Krott 1 May 1897 - 22 Aug 1977
    • Grete Krott 30 Apr 1893 - 11 Nov 1983
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Elsa Reiss's Timeline

1875
September 2, 1875
Vienna, Austria
1955
May 19, 1955
Age 79
Helsinki, Finland
May 24, 1955
Age 79
Helsinki, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland