Bruno Franz Kaulbach
Austrian lawyer
Bruno Franz Kaulbach (1880–1963) was an Austrian lawyer and a member of the Kohn family from Bennisch whose descendants include the former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.
Early life and education
Dr. Bruno Franz Kaulbach was born Bruno Franz Kohn on 29 December 1880, the first son of Bernard Kohn (1854-1915) and Hermine Kolban (1861-1939). The Kohn family was part of a small Jewish community in the town of Bennisch (now Horni Benesov, Czech Republic) which was then part of Austria-Hungary. Bruno and his three brothers, Alfred, Richard and Oskar changed their surnames to 'Kaulbach' in the early 1900s. At about the same time, they renounced the Jewish faith and converted to Roman Catholicism. Bruno completed his law studies at the University of Vienna in 1912. In the same year, he married Maria Theresia Hinterholzer Meyer (1886-1972), who came from a prominent business and political family in Innsbruck and whose uncle was the painter and political activist Edgar Meyer (painter).
Career
During the First World War, Bruno served as a first lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian Army. For a time, Bruno and Maria lived in Graz, where Bruno worked as a lawyer and where their children, Martin and Eva, were born.
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