Henryka Berger (geb. Both)
Born: |
01-15-1912 |
Faculty: |
Medical School | Medical University Vienna |
Category: |
Expelled student |
Henryka BERGER (nee Both), born on January 15
th, 1912 in Lemberg/Poland [Lwiw/Ukraine] (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Vienna/Austria, Citizenship: Austria), daughter of Dr.iur. Benno Both (lawyer), and Dorothea (nee Spitzmann), lived in Vienna 1
st district, Stadiongasse 5.
Henryka was married to the lawyer Dr.iur. Jakob Berger (born on August 8
th, 1908 in Lemberg/Poland [Lwiw/Ukraine]) and was enrolled finally in the fall term 1937/38 at the Medical School in the 5
th and last year of her studies.
Henryka and Jakob Berger had to flee Vienna and were able to emigrate to the USA via England from Liverpool on September 21
st, 1940 with the the ship
SS Scythia, arriving in New York on October 3
rd, 1940.
Her parents were unable to escape in time and were deported to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they were murdered on May 21
st, 1944.
Rita Henryka and Jakob Berger lived in New York. Her husband died in 1976.
Rita H. Berger died on November 17
th, 2001 in New York City, NY/USA and is buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County, NY, USA.
Lit.: POSCH/INGRISCH/DRESSEL 2008, 361; Archive of the University of Vienna/Enrollment forms ("Nationale") MED 1937-1938; information of Dr.in Barbara Sauer, Vienna 08/2017 and 12/2020; REITER-ZATLOUKAL/SAUER 2022; SAUER/REITER-ZATLOUKAL 2010, 99; Washington Library, Zygmunt William Birnbaum Papers; www.ancestry.de.
Herbert Posch