Doctor and writer Isaac Salomon Kapper (1821-1879) - birthplace

The doctor and poet Isaac Salomon (Siegfried) Kapper, born on March 21, 1821 in Smíchow near Prague; died on June 7, 1879 in Pisa, was a pioneer and founder of the Czech-Jewish movement.The group around Kapper strove for the full spiritual freedom of the Jews and their assimilation into the Czech milieu. In 1848 (Prague Whitsun Uprising), Kapper took part in the revolutionary and national struggles on the side of the Czechs.