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Hevesi/y Bischitz Johanna, or Johanna Bischitz de Heves (1827 in Tata – 28 March 1898 in

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) was a Hungarian philanthropist. She was a daughter of

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manufacturer Móric Fischer, and wife of David Bischitz. She was the founder and

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of the Jewish Women's Association, and the Jewish People's Kitchen, of Budapest; vice-president of the Christian "'' Maria Dorothea Charitable Union''", member of the committee of the

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and honorary member and honorary president of more than 100 philanthropic societies of the province. In 1867 Baron Moritz de Hirsch founded at her instance and gave into her charge a relief bureau in Budapest, as a center for Hungary, placing at her disposal a yearly sum of 120,000

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for distribution among the poor. During her presidency, more than ƒ3,000,000 were distributed. Her philanthropic labors were not only recognized by Emperor

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, who twice decorated her, but were acknowledged by King

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. She was a member of the House of ''Bischitz von

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'', a Hungarian Jewish nobility, same with the chemist Hevesy-Bischitz György, or György Bischitz von(de) Heves. ''Bischitz'' is a German name of Bohemian town

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(north of

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, east of

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, and southeast of

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* Hungarian philanthropists Hungarian Jews 1827 births 1898 deaths 19th-century Hungarian people 19th-century philanthropists {{Hungary-bio-stub

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