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Jakob Altaras was born on 12 October, 1918 in Split, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Croatia), is an A croatian sephardi jew. Discover Jakob Altaras's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Occupation Physician
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 12 October 1918
Birthday 12 October
Birthplace Split, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Croatia)
Date of death 6 December, 2001
Died Place Giessen, Germany
Nationality Croatia

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Who Is Jakob Altaras's Wife?

His wife is Zora Altaras born Ebenspanger Thea Altaras (née Fuhrmann)

Family
Parents Leon and Regina Altaras
Wife Zora Altaras born Ebenspanger Thea Altaras (née Fuhrmann)
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Children Ph D. Silvija Altaras Penda Adriana Altaras

Jakob Altaras Net Worth

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Source of Income Physician

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1918

Prof. Dr. Jakob Altaras (1918–2001) was a Croatian-German physician and president of the Jewish community Giessen.

Altaras was born as the youngest of six brothers in Split, Croatia on 12 October 1918 to a poor Sephardic Jewish family of Leon Altaras.

He finished elementary school and Classical gymnasium in Split.

Altaras studied at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb.

1941

On a third year, his studies were interrupted by World War II and Independent State of Croatia regime in 1941.

Altaras returned to Split from where he moved to Bari, Italy.

There he studied and graduated from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery University of Bari.

1943

From September 1943, during World War II, he was a member of the Partisan resistance movement in Croatia.

When the Split Synagogue was set on fire, Altaras saved the Torah and other sacred objects from the flames.

In 1943 he smuggled from Croatia 40 Jewish children across the Adriatic to Villa Emma near Modena, Italy, from where they were transferred to the Mandatory Palestine.

In August, 1943 Altaras illegally entered the Rab concentration camp and took to Split the photos which were secretly recorded by the imprisoned Jewish youth.

After the war those photos were used by the Commission for War Crimes in SFR Yugoslavia.

1945

In the meantime Altaras started to explore the true causes of the death of his brother Silvio Altaras, who was killed by the communist regime of PR Yugoslavia in early 1945.

1946

After the war he moved back to Zagreb and returned to studies at the University of Zagreb from where he graduated in the 1946.

After graduation in 1946, Altaras worked as an assistant professor of radiology at the "Vojna Bolnica Zagreb" (Military Hospital) under Prof. Milan Smokvina.

1950

From 1950s he was a Head Physician of the "Centre for radiology and nuclear medicine" at "Vojna Bolnica Zagreb".

At the same time he owned the private practice in Zagreb.

1958

In the 1958 he received his master's degree and started to teach medicine at the University of Zagreb.

1960

His second marriage was with Thea née Fuhrmann, with whom he had a daughter Adriana born in 1960.

During his emigration to Switzerland, Altaras was forced to leave his family behind.

1963

Altaras married two times; first to Zora Altaras (born Ebenspanger, died in 1963) with whom he had daughter, Silvija Altaras Penda, born in 1946.

She has a son, Ivor Altaras Penda, his first grandson.

1964

Because of that, in 1964, League of Communists of Croatia started to political persecute Altaras in a mounted court case.

He was forced to leave Croatia and moved to Zurich, Switzerland.

There he worked at the University Hospital Zurich from 1964 to 1966.

In 1964 his second wife and their daughter were smuggled from Zagreb to Italy, in a car by his Italian brother-in-law.

They stayed in Italy long enough for Adriana to learn Italian.

From Italy they moved to Konstanz, Germany.

Thea found a job in the municipal building department of Konstanz.

For three years Thea traveled between Konstanz and Zurich, where Altaras worked.

His daughter Adriana Altaras became a German actress, theater director, and writer.

1966

In 1966 Altaras moved to Giessen, Germany and started to work at the University hospital Giessen und Marburg.

1978

Altaras was also very socially active; in 1978, he founded the revived Jewish community in Giessen.

With political skill, his charismatic personality and genuine interest in the fate of the "little people", he also served as the president of the Jewish community in Giessen.

1992

In 1992 he published his principal professional work: A new atlas of large and small intestine - the integration of diagnostic methods.

1995

Under his leadership the new Beith-Jaakov Synagogue of Giessen was built in the 1995.

A community center was also built in the new building, which is used every year to welcome exchange students from Israel.

His grandson Aaron Altaras (born 1995) is also a well known German child actor.

1999

In 1999, after 35 years, Altaras visited his hometown, Split.

During that visit he expressed his great nostalgia for Split and Croatia.