Isidor Aufricht was born in a small hamlet of Dolni Tosanovice (Tesin District) in the then Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic). He lived just a few kilometres to the west in Mistek (now Mystek) which was on the Moravian side of the Ostravice River. Across the river to the north is the sister town of Friedek (Frydek). Isidor was one of 9 children of Samuel and Betti Aufricht. Samuel was a tra…