Edmund Blaustein

Born:	09-22-1915
Faculty:	Medical School | Medical University Vienna
Category:	Expelled student

Edmund BLAUSTEIN, born on September 22^nd, 1915 in Vienna/Austria (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Vienna/Austria, Citizenship: Austria), lived in Vienna's 5^th district, Ramperstorffergasse 25/9, was enrolled finally in the fall term 1937/38 at the Medical School in the 3^rd year of his studies (fall term 1937/38 was validated on February 18^th, 1938). In 1938, after the takeover of power of National-Socialism he was forced to quit his studies for racist reason and to leave the University of Vienna (Leaving Certificate ("Abgangszeugnis") was issued on June 11^th, 1938). He had to flee from National-Socialist Vienna and joined an illegal transport to Palestine [Israel], which was stranded in Serbia and later became known as the "Kladovo Transport". He was shot to death in Sabac/Zasavica [Serbia] on October 12^th, 1941 by members of the "Deutsche Wehrmacht".

Lit.: Archive of the University of Vienna/enrollment forms ("Nationale") MED 1936-1938; DÖW Opferdatenbank; www.yadvashem.org [März 2006]; Gabriele ANDERL u. Walter MANOSCHEK, Gescheiterte Flucht. Der "Kladovo-Transport" auf dem Weg nach Palaestina 1938–1942, Wien 2001, 259; POSCH/INGRISCH/DRESSEL 2008, 364; ANDERL 2019; REITER-ZATLOUKAL/SAUER 2022.

Herbert Posch