| Born: | 05-27-1908 |
| Faculty: | Philosophical School |
| Category: | Expelled student |
Oskar BRAUNER, born on May 27th, 1908 in Ebreichsdorf/Lower Austria (entitled residency ("heimatberechtigt") for Vienna/Austria, citizenship 1938: Austria), son of Julius Brauner (invalidity pensioner), lived in Wien 8, Pfeilgasse 28/21, was enrolled finally in the fall term 1937/38 at the Philosophical School in the 4th year of his studies and took courses in Chemistry (in the spring term 1938 he requested to continue his studies in the context of the Numerus clausus of Jewish Students, but was rejected).
Oskar BRAUNER, born on May 27th, 1908 in Ebreichsdorf/Lower Austria (entitled residency ("heimatberechtigt") for Vienna/Austria, citizenship 1938: Austria), son of Julius Brauner (1871-1953, retired accountant) and Hermine Brauner, née Kraukau (1885-1971). The family moved to Vienna in 1912 and lived in Vienna's 8th district, Pfeilgasse 28/21. Oskar Brauer graduated from the Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt der chemischen Industrie and then began to study chemistry and physics at the University of Vienna. He was last enrolled at the Philosophical School in the 4th and last year of his stuies in the fall term of 1937/38 and attended lectures in chemistry and physics as well as oriental studies, philosophy and psychology.
After the Anschluss in March 1938, he was forced to discontinue his studies for racist reasons - after his application to continue studying for at least another three months under the 2%-numerus clausus for Jewish students was also rejected. He had to leave the University of Vienna immediately.
He had to flee Vienna and was able to emigrate in time on November 25th, 1939 via Le Havre/France on the SS President Roosevelt to the USA, where he arrived in New York, NY, on December 5th, 1938. He lived in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts from 1940, became an American citizen in 1944 under the name Oscar Carry Brauner and worked in the USA as a chemist.
Oscar C. Brauner died in 1968 in Boston/USA and was buried at the American Friendship Cemetery in West Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Lit: Archive of the University of Vienna/enrollment forms ("Nationale") PHIL 1937-1938; POSCH/INGRISCH/DRESSEL 2008, 369; www.ancestry.de; www.myheritage.at.
Herbert Posch
