Harry Bodansky

Born:	03-13-1919
Faculty:	Philosophical School
Category:	Expelled student

Harry BODANSKY, born on March 13th, 1919 in Berlin/Germany (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Mattersburg/Burgenland, Citizenship: Austria) was the son of Hugo Bodansky (merchant). After the Nazi's rise to power in Germany in 1933, the family moved to Austria and lived in Vienna 3rd district, Fasangasse 49. He was enrolled finally in fall term 1937/38 at the Philosophical School in the 1st year of his studies and took courses in Chemistry, Botany and Physics (Leaving Certificate ('Abgangszeugnis') was issued on September 5th, 1938). After the "Anschluss" Harry Bodansky was able to emigrate together with his parents and his brother Ralph to New York City/USA in 1938. In 1943 he married Loni Gottlieb in New York, who was also expelled from the Philosophical School of the University of Vienna in 1938. The couple had two sons, Harvey and Robert. He attended the City College of New York and obtained a degree in economics. He received his master's degree in economics from Columbia University and later became a writer on business and economics for a German language publication. When Harry Bodansky accepted a job with the Commerce Department in 1952, the family moved to Kensington, Maryland. Lony Bodansky died in 1970, Harry Bodansky died on May 21st, 2009 and was interred in the Adas Israel Cemetery in Kensington.

Lit.: POSCH/INGRISCH/DRESSEL 2008, 395; Archive of the University of Vienna/Enrollment forms ("Nationale") PHIL 1937-1938; National Museum of American History/Archives Center: Gottlieb and Bodansky Family Papers; obituary in: Washington Jewish Week, May 27, 2009; find a grave.

Katharina Kniefacz