Wells, Herbert Georg
(1866-1946) was an English novelist who became best known for his science fiction.
Wertheim, Maurice
(1886-1950), American banker, President of the American Jewish Committee
Westland
A radical democratic magazine founded in 1933 with its publishing base in Saarland. When the Treaty of Versailles came into force in 1920, the Saar region was placed under the mandate of the League of Nations until its reunion with Germany in 1935. Many of the German authors who initially went into in exile in the Saar region published in Westland.
Wexberg, Hedwig
Born in Belišće, Croatia, in 1906, oboist, pianist, organist. Nothing more is known about this musician.
Wigman, Mary
(1886 - 1973), real name Karoline Sofie Marie Wiegmann, German dancer, choreographer, pioneer of rhythmically expressive free dance (New German Dance).
Wilder, Thornton
1897-1975, US author who wrote novels, short stories, plays and essays.
Wilhelm, Kurt
(1900-1965): a liberal Rabbi from Germany, led the Emet and Emuna Synagogue in Jerusalem, and Chief Rabbi in Sweden from 1948 until his death
Williams, Tennessee
1911 – 1983, American writer
WIZO
Women’s International Zionist Organisation, international charitable women's organisation
Wolff, Kurt
1887-1963, German publisher, founder of the Kurt Wolff Verlag publishing company. Exile in Italy, Great Britain, France and the USA. 1942 in New York Foundation of the Pantheon publishing company with his wife Helen Wolff.
