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Max Gottfried Riccabona

Born: 03-31-1915
Faculty: Law School
Category: Expelled student
Max Gottfried RICCABONA, born on March 31st, 1915 in Feldkirch/Vorarlberg (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Feldkirch/Vorarlberg, Citizenship: Austria), son of Gottfried Riccabona (lawyer), lived in Vienna's 9th district, Boltzmanngasse 16, was enrolled finally in the fall term 1937/38 at the Law School in the 4th year of his studies. He went to France and Spain, then returned to Vienna to finish his studies. He get drafted to the 'Wehrmacht' 1940, 1942 deported to Dachau, 1945 liberated, 1949 graduation of his Law Studies at the University of Innsbruck/Tyrol, died in Lochau/Vorarlberg on October 4th, 1997. Biography under construction (27.01.2021)


Lit.: Archiv der Universität Wien, Nationale IUR 1937-1939, Rektorat GZ 138/II ex 1939/40; BOLBECHER/KAISER 2000, 538f.; Kurt BRACHARZ, Max Riccabonas Geburtstag jährt sich zum hundertsten Mal – Eine Frage an die Riccabona-Forschung, in: Kultur. Zeitschrift für Kultur und Gesellschaft. Dezember 2014/Jänner 2015, 72–76; Peter MELICHAR u. Nikolaus HAGEN (Hg.), Der Fall Riccabona. Eine Familiengeschichte zwischen Akzeptanz und Bedrohung (vorarlberg museum Schriften 22), Wien/Köln/Weimar/Bregenz 2017; WIKIPEDIA; Vorarlberg-Kultur.

Herbert Posch


Nationale of Max Gottfried Riccabona, fall term 1937/38 (1st form front), Photo: H. Posch (c) Universitätsarchiv Wien

Nationale of Max Gottfried Riccabona, fall term 1937/38 (1st form back), Photo: H. Posch (c) Universitätsarchiv Wien
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