Male, Poland/US, born 1914, died 09/15/2000

Associated with the firms network

Fischer, Benno, Architect; Neutra, Richard J., Architect


Professional History

Draftsman, General Panel Corporation, New York, NY, 6/1946-c. 1947, Designer, Richard J. Neutra, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1947-1963; Principal, Benno Fischer, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1963-2000;

Education

University of Warsaw, Warsaw Poland, 1939;

Personal

Fischer was a Jewish refugee from Europe who survived life in the Flossenburg Nazi Death camp; he was released from Nazi internment, 04/24/1945; his father was physician;

He married Anna Lipszyc Fischer, c. 1945, and emigrated to the United States in 06/1946;

Fischer had three children--Tessa, Karen and David--and three grandchildren at his death;


PCAD id: 2480