Werfel
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Werfel, Wörfel, and Woerfel ( "whirl
") are German and Jewish surnames, mentioned in Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic:
(1764, ? 1831, ?), a Danish writer, translator and magazine publisher
Whirl
Whirl may refer to:* Whirl , a Transformers toy* Tilt-A-Whirl, a type of amusement ride* Atomic whirl, a symbol of atheism* Whirl * Whirl magazine, a luxury lifestyle magazine in Pittsburgh, PA...
") are German and Jewish surnames, mentioned in Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic:
(1764, ? 1831, ?), a Danish writer, translator and magazine publisher
- Holger Werfel ScheuermannHolger Werfel ScheuermannHolger Werfel Scheuermann was a Danish surgeon after whom Scheuermann's disease is named.- Biography :Holger Werfel Scheuermann was born into a medical family in Hørsholm, a small town between Copenhagen and Øresund. He began his studies in 1895 and graduated in medicine at the University of...
(1877, HørsholmHørsholmHørsholm Kommune is a municipality in the Copenhagen Capital Region in the northern part of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 31 km², and has a total population of 24,197...
1960, Copenhagen), a Danish surgeon; The Scheuermann's diseaseScheuermann's diseaseScheuermann’s disease is a self-limiting skeletal disorder of childhood. It is also known as Sherman's Disease, Scheuermann’s kyphosis , Calvé disease and Juvenile Osteochondrosis of the Spine. It is named after Holger Werfel Scheuermann...
was named after him
- Rudolf Werfel, a wealthy manufacturer of gloves and leather goods ∞ Albine Kussi
- Franz WerfelFranz WerfelFranz Werfel was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet.- Biography :Born in Prague , Werfel was the first of three children of a wealthy manufacturer of gloves and leather goods. His mother, Albine Kussi, was the daughter of a mill owner...
(1890, PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
1945, Beverly Hills), a Jewish Bohemian-Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet - Hanna Fuchs-Robettin, née WerfelHanna Fuchs-RobettinHanna Fuchs-Robettin was the sister of Franz Werfel, wife of Herbert Fuchs-Robettin, and mistress of Alban Berg. Berg secretly and cryptically dedicated his Lyric Suite to her.-Early life:...
(1896, Prague 1964, ?), a Jewish Bohemian woman, the sister of Franz, and wife of Herbert Fuchs-Robettin, and mistress of Alban BergAlban BergAlban Maria Johannes Berg was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School with Arnold Schoenberg and Anton Webern, and produced compositions that combined Mahlerian Romanticism with a personal adaptation of Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique.-Early life:Berg was born in... - Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel, née SchindlerAlma MahlerAlma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel was a Viennese-born socialite well known in her youth for her beauty and vivacity. She became the wife, successively, of composer Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius, and novelist Franz Werfel, as well as the consort of several other prominent men...
(1879, ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
1964, New York City), an Austrian socialite, well known in her youth for her beauty and vivacity - Roman WerfelRoman WerfelRoman Werfel, born 1906, Lwów, still alive , was a Polish communist apparatchik, active during the reign of Stalinism in the People's Republic of Poland...
(1906, LembergLvivLviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following...
2003, ?), a Polish communist apparatchik - Yitzhak Rafael, né WerfelYitzhak RafaelYitzhak Rafael was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Religions in the mid-1970s.-Biography:Rafael was born in Sabov in Galicia in 1914, and attended high school in Poland...
(1914, Sabov, Austrian Galicia 1999), Israeli politician - Rabbi Louis (Eliezer) WerfelLouis WerfelChaplain Louis Werfel was one of only six Jewish Chaplains, the first Yeshiva College graduate and the only Orthodox Rabbi killed in action during the Second World War...
(1916, ?, United States 1943, Algeria), an American Modern Orthodox rabbi, military rabbi, of Galician Jewish descent
Wörfel
- Christel Burghard-Wörfel, daughter of Eugen Roth (artist) and
- Michael Wörfel, General Manager of EADSEADSThe European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. is a global pan-European aerospace and defence corporation and a leading defence and military contractor worldwide...
- Michael Woerfel, American journalist
See also
- the Franz Werfel Human Rights AwardFranz Werfel Human Rights AwardThe Franz Werfel Human Rights Award is an international human rights award in Europe. It is awarded to individuals or groups who, through political, artistic, philosophical or practical work, have opposed breaches of human rights by genocide, ethnic cleansing and the deliberate destruction of...
, an international human rights award - 12244 Werfel12244 Werfel12244 Werfel is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1990 by F. Borngen at Tautenburg.- External links :*...
(1988 RY2), a main-belt asteroid discovered on 1990