Rudolf Radna, geb. Katz (irrtümlich: Reiner, geb. Kath)

Born:	11-16-1905
Faculty:	Medical School | Medical University Vienna
Category:	Deprivation of academic degree

Rudolf REINER or RADNA (nee KATZ) (born on November 16th, 1905 in Vienna), had graduated at the Medical School at the University of Vienna  on December 23rd, 1929 with the academic degree 'Dr. med.'. In times of Nazism he was deprived of his academic degree on July 22nd, 1943 with the racist argument, that he as a Jew was not considered dignified an academic degree of a German university ('eines akademischen Grades einer deutschen Hochschule unwürdig').  It took 12 years since the deprivation – and a very long time since the end of Nazism – until the regranting of the doctorate took finally place on May 15th, 1955.Rudolf Radna died on September 28th, 1989 in Bronx, New York/USA. Lit.: crestleaf.