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Moritz Kornfeld

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Birthplace: Goltsch Jenikau, Haus 12, Czech Republic
Death: March 26, 1938 (85)
Dejvice, cp 1089, Praha XIX, Czechoslovakia
Place of Burial: Praha-Zizkov
Immediate Family:

Son of Salomon Aron Kornfeld and Rosa Kornfeld
Husband of Emilie Kornfeld
Father of Richard Kornfeld; Margarethe Popper Wiesmeyer; Maria (Mieze) Simelis and Paul Kornfeld
Brother of Helene Kornfeld; Berthold Kornfeld; Friedrich Kornfeld; Therese Weissberger; Debora Theodora Dora Freud and 1 other

Managed by: Mark Petschek
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About Moritz Kornfeld

Birth: Golčův Jeníkov, o. Havlíčkův Brod 378 N 1839-1859 (i) image 157/219 -- https://zayt.org/collections/jewish-registers-1784-1949/n-378?p=157

Marriage 1882: Praha 2678 O 1882 (i) image 20/39 -- https://zayt.org/collections/jewish-registers-1784-1949/o-2678?p=20

Death: Smíchov, Praha 2851 Z 1874-1939 image 482/514 -- https://zayt.org/collections/jewish-registers-1784-1949/z-2851?p=48...

According to Moritz's granddaughter Elisabeth Bonda, his company dealt with spinning and dyeing (Spinnerei, Färberei). Researchers have suggested that this later evolved to some form of chemical enterprise. The business was probably located in or next to the family apartment. Wilhelm Haumann, Paul Kornfeld: Leben, Werk, Wirkung, page 2.

According to Elisabeth Bonda, Moritz was also knowledgeable in philosophy, poetry and (Jewish) religion. Haumann page 10.

Haumann suggests that Moritz may have been the Kornfeld that Franz Kafka (an acquaintance of Moritz's son) mentioned in a humorous entry in his journal: „Auf dem Kloset darf man nicht an die Tora denken, daher darf man dort weltliche Bücher lesen. Ein sehr frommer Prager, ein gewisser Kornfeld, wusste viel Weltliches, er hat alles auf dem Kloset studiert.“ = "In the lavatory, one must not think of the Tora, so therefore one must read profane books there. A very pious resident of Prague, a certain Kornfeld, knew a lot of wordly things; he had studied it all in the lavatory." Haumann page 10.

//Elisabeth Kornfeldt, 8 July 2011

Death HBMa2851 Praha Smichov 1938 image 482/ 25 --https://vademecum.nacr.cz/vademecum/permalink?xid=2ffca003-70f5-4ac...

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Moritz Kornfeld's Timeline

1852
December 15, 1852
Goltsch Jenikau, Haus 12, Czech Republic
1883
October 1, 1883
Haus 1108/II, Hlavní město Praha, Česká republika (Czech Republic)
1884
December 6, 1884
Prague, Prague, Czechia (Czech Republic)
1886
May 30, 1886
Prague, Czech Republic
1889
December 11, 1889
Hlavní město Praha, Česká republika (Czech Republic)
1938
March 26, 1938
Age 85
Dejvice, cp 1089, Praha XIX, Czechoslovakia
March 28, 1938
Age 85
Praha-Zizkov