Bernhard Pollack

Bernhard Pollack (14 August 1865 – 3 March 1928 in Berlin) was a German neuroanatomist and ophthalmologist practicing in Berlin. He held the post of Professor of Ophthalmology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. In addition to medical practice, he was a pupil of Moritz Moszkowski and a renowned pianist, having performed with Fritz Kreisler and with the violinist Joseph Szigeti.
His father Jakob Pollack was a merchant in Berlin, and his mother Ledermann came from Silesia. His sister Clara (1857-1896) was the mother of Richard Lichtheim. He was first married to the actress and soprano Fritzi Massary (1882-1969), nonetheless their marriage was brief. In 1912, he married the Baroness Marie Elisabeth von Podhrágy Popper (1887-1922).