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Erna Patak, Tel Aviv, 1953
Austrian Zionist
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Erna (Ernestine) Patak (4 November 1871–19 April 1955) was an Austrian Zionist, social worker, women's activist and politician. In the early 1920s, she became the first president of the Austrian branch of the Women's International Zionist Organization. In 1942, she was sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp but was able to survive and returned to Vienna in 1945. She later immigrated to Israel.

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  1. Hecht, Dieter. "Erna Patak 1871 – 1955". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. "Erna Patak". National Library of Israel. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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