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Curt Herzstark

Curt Herzstark was an Austrian-born engineer and inventor, best known for his development of the first portable electronic calculator. Born on February 6, 1914, in Vienna, Austria, he was a Jewish student of mechanical engineering. During World War II, Herzstark was imprisoned in a concentration camp, where he secretly designed the prototype for his calculator.

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