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Paul Weiner

Born: 09-26-1891
Faculty: Medical School | Medical University Vienna
Category: Deprivation of academic degree
Paul WEINER (born on September 26th, 1891 in Knittelfeld, Steiermark), had graduated at the Medical School at the University of Vienna on July 2nd, 1917 with the academic degree 'Dr. med.'.
In times of Nazism he was deprived of his academic degree on April 1st, 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.

Paul Weiner: Graduation registry ("Promotionsprotokoll"), Medical School: graduation on July 2nd, 1917, No. 1243, photo: Katharina Kniefacz (c) Vienna University Archive

Nationale of Paul Weiner, fall term 1916/17, Photo: Katharina Kniefacz (c) Vienna University Archive
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