| Note | fur merchant of Jewish origin born in Czechoslovakia; since 1939 living in the U.S., where in relation with B. Martinů; he supported Czechoslovak emigration (J. Werich and his family, J. Voskovec, J. Ježek, A. Hoffmeister, E. Hostovský); owner of Newyorské listy (Czech daily newspaper), Newyorský deník, supporter of Zítřek - Sborník prací československých spisovatelů za hranicemi (anthology of Czechoslovak writers abroad) - being published during the 2nd World War in New York |