Dési von Halban

Désirée Louise Anna Ernestine "Dési" von Halban (10 April 1912 – 12 February 1996) was an Austrian opera and concert singer.

She was the daughter of Austrian parents: operatic soprano Selma Kurz and gynecologist Josef von Halban.

Dési von Halban was married to Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker who fled the Nazis in 1940, but died on board the SS Bodegraven [nl] while passing the English Channel.

[1] His art collection was looted by the Nazis, and a group of 202 paintings was restituted in 2006, a decade after her death, only after a lengthy legal dispute.

[2] Halban remarried in 1950, to twice-divorced Dutch lawyer August von Saher.