Oskar Kohlbach

Kohlbach, Oskar (Acs, Komárno County, Hungary, 1871 – Osijek, 1932), physician.

Zionist leader in Osijek. Son of Samuel and Henrietta. Married to Kamila née Freund (Ričan, Czech Republic, 1879). He was a prominent member of the Donjograd Municipality and on the board of directors since 1899. From the summer of 1902, he was the head of the committee for the construction of the Donjograd synagogue. He only acquired his homeland in 1901. Children: lawyer Oton (Osijek, 1910) and Dragutin (Osijek, 1912). He was a member of the Croatian Civic Reading Room in Osijek, the “Lipa” Singing Society in Osijek, and the founder of the Sokol Society in Donji grad. From 1906, he was vice-president of the “Theodor Herzl” Zionist Society as well as a member of the Jewish Academic Cultural Club Judeja in Zagreb. As a doctor, he was employed at the District Workers’ Insurance Office.

Source: Dobrovšak, Lj. Židovi u Osijeku od doseljavanja do kraja Prvoga svjetskog rata. Židovska općina Osijek, 2013.