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Born

2 October 1929
Osijek, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)

Died

14 September 2018
Seattle, USA

Summary

Branko Grünbaum was a Jewish Croatian mathematician who survived the Nazi invasion, later escaped to Israel where he obtained his doctorate, and had most of his career in the United States.

He was a prolific author writing over 250 papers and four very influential books.

Biography

Branko Grünbaum was the son of Vlado Grünbaum (1903-1983) and Margareta Banderier (1909-1999).

Vlado, the son of Jakob and Flora Grünbaum, was Jewish; he had one older sister Slava and one younger sister Sida.

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Jakob died in 1908 and Vlado and his sisters were brought up by Margareta who worked as a hairdresser. The family finances prevented Vlado studying medicine, as he would have wished, but he was able to complete his studies at a commercial college.

Margareta Banderier was the daughter of Gustav and Emma Banderier who were French and had been married in the Catholic Chu