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Mirjana Lehner Dragić
Mirjana Lehner Dragić ( sh-Cyrl, Мирјана Лехнер Драгић; born 28 July 1936) is a Serbian painter. Biography Early days Mirjana Lehner Dragić was born on 28 July 1936 in Belgrade, to Alfred and Mirjam Lehner. Her father was from Osijek, and her mother was a member of the known Bosnian Jewish family Papo.Jevrejski pregled (Glasilo Saveza Jevrejskih opština Srbije); Barbara Panić; Što u srcu, to na platnu; pp. 12-15; godina XXV, broj 1, February/March 2016 After the outbreak of the Second World War, she hid with her family in the countryside near Belgrade, then in the village of Vučak near Kruševac, and later fled to Sarajevo with her aunt.Aleksandar Nećak, 2011, pp. 140–141 While Mirjana and her parents survived the Holocaust, almost her entire maternal family was taken to the Sajmište concentration and extermination camp. After the end of the war, Miriam Lehner could not accept the fact that she had lost almost all her family; she decided then to leav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. It is one of the Balkans#Urbanization, major cities of Southeast Europe and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, third-most populous city on the river Danube. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannonian Plain on the border of the Bačka and Syrmia geographical regions. Lying on the banks of the Danube river, the city faces the northern slopes of Fruška Gora and it is the fifth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. It is the largest Danube city that is not the capital of an independent state. , the population of the city proper area totals 260,438 while its urban area (including the adjacent settlements of Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica) comprises 306,702 inhabitants. According to the city's Informatika Agency, Novi Sad had 415,712 residents in 2025. Novi Sad was founded in 1694, when Serb merchants formed a colony across the Danube from the Petrovaradin Fortress, a strategic Habsb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Births
Events January–February * January 20 – The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House. * January 28 – Death and state funeral of George V, State funeral of George V of the United Kingdom. After a procession through London, he is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. * February 4 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. * February 6 – The 1936 Winter Olympics, IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. * February 10–February 19, 19 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire. * February 16 – 1936 Spanish general election: The left-wing Popular Front (Spain), Popular Front coalition takes a majority. * February 26 – February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Violinist On The Roof
''The'' is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pančevo
Pančevo (Serbian Cyrillic: Панчево, ; ; ; ; ) is a list of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the South Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located on the shores of rivers Timiș (river), Tamiš and Danube, in the southern part of Banat region. Since the 2022 census 115,454 people have been living in the Pančevo administrative area. Pančevo is the third largest city in Vojvodina and the seventh largest in Serbia by population. Pančevo was first mentioned in 1153 and was described as an important mercantile place. It gained the status of a city in 1873 following the disestablishment of the Military Frontier in that region. For most of its period, it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary and after 1920 it became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which was renamed in 1929 to Yugoslavia. Since then with one Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia, interruption it was part of s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jewish Historical Museum, Belgrade
The Jewish Historical Museum (, ; abbr. JHM) is a museum located to the southeast of Kalemegdan, Stari Grad, Belgrade. Founded in 1948, it is the only Jewish museum in Serbia. The museum is situated in a building constructed in 1928 for the Sefardic community. The museum's collection is comprehensive and also complex in its content, with exhibits arranged thematically. It focuses on Belgradian Jews from the 2nd century until World War II, encompassing the lives of Jews who lived in Serbia and Yugoslavia. There is a predominance of memorial displays as well as a large collection of documents and photographs which attest to the Holocaust in which many Jewish families were totally decimated. History The museum is located in a building designed by Samuel Sumbul in 1928 for the Jewish Sephardic community; an inscription near the top of the building states: "The Home of the Jewish Religious-School Community". The Jewish Historical Museum was founded in 1948. The Federation of Jewish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Holocaust In German-occupied Serbia
During the Holocaust in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia, the military administration of Nazi Germany established after the April 1941 invasion of Yugoslavia, Jewish and Romani people were subjected to genocidal acts. The crimes were primarily committed by the German occupation authorities who implemented Nazi racial policies, assisted by the collaborationist forces of the successive puppet governments established by the Germans in the occupied territory. Immediately after the occupation, the occupation authorities introduced racial laws, labeling Jews and Romani as ''Untermensch'' ("sub-humans"). They also appointed two Serbian civil puppet governments to carry out administrative tasks in accordance with German direction and supervision. Jews were the primary target but Romani were also targeted for elimination. The perpetrators of the Holocaust was the Nazi German ''Wehrmacht'' stationed in German-occupied Serbia. The main engine of extermination was the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
The Ben Uri Gallery & Museum is a registered museum and charity based at 108a Boundary Road, off Abbey Road in St John's Wood, London, England. It features the work and lives of émigré artists in London, and describes itself as "The Art Museum for Everyone". Its website includes the museum's collection, reflecting the Jewish and immigrant contribution to British art since 1900, including an itemised exhibition list from 1925 onwards, a digitised archive and catalogue of its art reference library. It also includes online exhibitions, podcasts and audio material. History The Ben Uri Art Society was founded in the East End of London in 1915 by the Russian emigre artist Lazar Berson to provide an art venue for Jewish immigrant craftsmen and artists then unable to gain access to mainstream artistic societies, due to traditional obstacles faced by all migrant minorities. Ben Uri was founded along the lines of the Bezalel School, created nine years earlier in 1906 in Jerusalem. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sremska Mitrovica
Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city in Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Sava, Sava river. , the city has a total population of 36,764 inhabitants, while its administrative area has a population of 72,580 inhabitants. As Sirmium, it was a capital of the Roman Empire during the Tetrarchy of 4th century CE. Ten Roman emperors were born in or near this city, Emperors Herennius Etruscus (251), Hostilian (251), Decius, Decius Traian (249–251), Claudius Gothicus (268–270), Quintillus (270), Aurelian (270–275), Marcus Aurelius Probus, Probus (276–282), Maximian (285–310), Constantius II (337–361) and Gratian (367–383). Name The modern town name is ''Sremska Mitrovica'' (). The Hungarian language, Hungarian name was ''Szávaszentdemeter'' while in Croatian language, Croatian it is referred to as ''Srijemska Mitrovica''. In Pannonian Rusyn, it is referred to as . Mitrovica stems from Saint Deme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Srem
The Museum of Srem () in Sremska Mitrovica is the city institution focused on the research, preservation and presentation of historical objects and artifacts related to the Syrmia region. The museum was officially established in 1946 under the name of the City Museum of Sremska Mitrovica shortly after the end of World War II in Yugoslavia and the liberation from the Axis occupation of Vojvodina. The founding of the museum was closely linked to archaeological findings from the Roman city of Sirmium. The museum initially opened as the Museum of Church Art on May 1, 1946, focusing on rich religious heritage of the city. By November 23, 1946, it became a comprehensive museum with archaeological, ethnographic, historical, art, and natural history collections. The museum's first exhibition opened to the public on May 31, 1948, while the current name of the institution was introduced in 1952. History The need to establish a museum in Sremska Mitrovica arose in the second half of the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Vojvodina
The Museum of Vojvodina ( sr-cyr, Музеј Војводине, ''Muzej Vojvodine'') is an art and natural history museum in Novi Sad, Serbia. The museum houses a collection of over 400,000 specimens and a library of over 50,000 volumes. Notable paintings Among others, the following paintings are located in the museum: *'Madonna with Child', by Paris Bordone *'Christ and Centurion', by Carlo Caliari *'Holy Mother with Christ', by Giulio Licinio *'Seneca', by Peter Paul Rubens (stolen) *'Vulcan's Mint', by Peter Paul Rubens *'Tentida gets weapons', by Peter Paul Rubens *'Self Portrait', by Rembrandt (stolen) *'Portrait of Man with Sword', by Palma Giovane *'Katon's Death', by Giovan Battista Langetti *'Resting Soldiers', by Alessandro Magnasco *'Holy Family with St. Ivan', by Cesare Gennari *'Queen Saba's Visiting', by Frans Francken the Younger *'Magdalena with Dead Christ', by Marco Antonio Bassetti *'Flowers', by Jan van Huysum *'Portrait of Vitoria della Rovera', by Justus Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
