



Marianne Brandt was a German painter, photographer, sculptor, designer, and metalsmith. She is credited with designing several household objects like ashtrays, teapots, and lamps that are regarded as a paradigm of modern industrial design. After studying at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar, Marianne Brandt went on to serve as the head of the school's Metal Workshop in Dessau.










Particle physicist Gerson Goldhaber is best remembered for discovering charm hadrons and dark energy. The son of German parents who had escaped the Nazis and started a tour guide service in Egypt, Goldhaber later moved to the US for research and gained a US citizenship, too.




German anthropologist Gustav Klemm, noted for developing concept of culture and dividing humanity into active and passive races, elucidated his works in General Cultural History of Mankind and General Science of Culture. He served as Director of the Royal Library in Dresden during most-part of his career. His huge collection of central European prehistoric-antiquities was purchased by the British Museum.





Edith Oss was a German film actress and dancer. When her dream of becoming a singer was crushed by a disease that affected her voice box, Edith Oss went on to establish herself as an actress, playing important roles in films like Liselotte von der Pfalz and Menschen vom Varieté.





