Grete Spaniermann (verh. Spielberger)
| Born: |
11-26-1913 |
| Faculty: |
Medical School | Medical University Vienna |
| Category: |
Expelled student |
Grete SPANIERMANN (married: SPIELBERGER), born on November 26th, 1913 in Vienna/Austria (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Vienna/Austria, Citizenship: Austria), daughter of Leopold Spaniermann (senior railway official), lived in Wien 2, Glockengasse 23/7, was enrolled finally in the fall term 1937/38 at the Medical School in the 5th year of her studies ('Absolutorium' was certified on July 18th, 1938). She succeeded in finishing her studies and graduated on October 31st, 1938, but only with the discriminating ceremony of a 'Nichtarierpromotion', which included at the same time that she was banned from her profession.
She was deported to Theresienstadt [Terezín/Czech Republic], and later on from there to the Camps Auschwitz-Birkenau II [Oswiecim/Poland], Bergen-Belsen and Groß-Rosen where she was liberated in 1945. Later on she emigrated to the USA.
Lit.: USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, University of Southern California, Interview 2424.
