The Alexander family was a prominent

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n Jewish family from

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. Alexander family ancestors moved to Zagreb from

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. For a century, the family played an important role in the economic and social life of Zagreb. Until 1941 and the establishment of the

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the Alexanders were a large clan. The great-grandparents of the Zagreb Alexanders were Samuel and Julija (

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Rubin alias Fittel Neumann) Alexander, who had five sons and several daughters. Counting all of their deceased and still living members, including also the descendants of the female line, there were 224 Alexanders in seven generations. Many members of the family perished during the

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. Today a few descendants bear the surname Alexander. The members of the family who were murdered during the Holocaust: Zora Marić born Alexander (1895-1944

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),and her husband Artur Marić (born Mayer; Zagreb, 1889 – Petrinja, 1941); Gjuro (Đuro/Duka) Alexander (1895-1941), his wife Ines born Altstätter (1896-1941) and their son Miljenko (1924-1941); Otto Alexander (1883-1944) and his mother-in-law Frieda Weiss (-1944); Zlata/Aurelija Breyer born Alexander (1875-1942) and her husband Žiga (=Sigismund) Breyer (b. in Križevci, Croatia; 1866-1942); Stanko Kreč (-1941);Ella Boran-Plachte born Marić (1893-1943) and her second husband Dr. Filip Boran (Bornstein; -1943); Ilka Alexander (1869-1942

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) and Otto Vinski (1877-1942

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Samuel David Alexander Samuel "Sami" David Alexander (13 July 1862 – 8 March 1943) was a Croatian Jewish industrialist, doyen of Croatian industrialists, a philanthropist and a member of the Zagreb prominent Alexander family. Background and family Alexander, known ...

(1862–1943) *

Šandor Alexander Šandor Alexander pl. Sesvetski (April 5, 1866 – December 17, 1929) was a Croatian nobleman, industrialist, philanthropist, younger brother of Samuel David Alexander and member of the Zagreb prominent Alexander family. Background and fam ...

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Viktor Alexander Viktor Alexander (May 1, 1865 – March 26, 1934) was a well-known Croatian lawyer and public prosecutor in Zagreb. Background and family Alexander was born in Zagreb on May 1, 1865, to a wealthy and prominent Jewish family Alexander. His fa ...

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Oton Vinski Oton Vinski (born Otto Weiss; 20 March 1877 – 1942) was an influential Croatian banker who was killed during the Holocaust. Vinski was born in Osijek on 20 March 1877, as Otto Weiss, to a Jewish family of Franjo and Berta Weiss. Vinski was mar ...

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Zdenko Vinski Zdenko Vinski (3 May 1913 – 13 October 1996) was a notable Croatian archaeologist. Vinski was born to a Jewish family on 3 May 1913 in Zagreb where he finished elementary and high school. His father was Oton Vinski, an influential Croatian ba ...

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(1994–)

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