All About the Porges Families

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Family trees, biographies, illustrations and stories about the Porges around the world — based on documents in German, French, English, Czech, Croatian and Hebrew.

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Jules PorgèsVienna 1839 — Paris 1921 · Diamond magnate
Esther PorgesPrague 1804–1869 · Fred Astaire ancestor
Moses I. N. PorgesPrague 1600 → Jerusalem 1670
Heinrich PorgesWagner's devoted disciple

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History

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History of Brnö (1848-1918) — Lederer & Porges, 1889
Grand Dukes & Diamonds — on Jules Porgès
The Frankists — Moses & Leopold Judah Porges
Czechoslovakia & the Habsburg rule
History of the Habsburg Jews (1670-1918)
Hitler's origin · Hitler's Vienna
Jews in Vienna · Czechs in Vienna

Jewish history by region

Geography — maps & cemeteries

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Cemeteries — Prague

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Memorial — Holocaust & Terezín

Victims & spoliations

Porges victims of the Holocaust — the full list.