NameLeopold KATSCHER
Birth1853
Death1939, Lucerne, Switzerland
Spouses
Birth12 Jun 1860, Trencin, Slovakia
Death1903
Marriage17 May 1881, Temesvar/Fabrik, Hungary
Notes for Leopold KATSCHER
{geni:about_me} Leopold Katscher (1853-1939), born in Csakova, near Temesvár, Hungary, and his wife and cousin Berta Katscher (1860-1903), born in Trencín, Slovakia, were authors, journalists and translators actively engaged in social reform and pacifist movements in Europe. Leopold Katscher wrote on literary, ethnographic, and socio-political topics; co-founded and edited several journals; advocated copyright protection for authors; and co-foundedand heldoffice in various Austrian, German and Hungarian peace societies. Berta Katscher wrote children's books, popular fiction, and non-fiction pieces on social reform, pacifism and animal rights. Both wrote about and were active in the women's rights movement. Leopold Katscher studied in Vienna and other cities and traveled extensively in Europe. During the course of their marriagethe Katschers resided in London, Berlin and Budapest.
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