Gerhart (Gideon) Altmann
| Born: |
11-11-1916 |
| Faculty: |
Medical School | Medical University Vienna |
| Category: |
Expelled student |
Gerhart ALTMANN, born on November 11
th, 1916 in Vienna/Austria (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Vienna/Austria, Citizenship: Austria), son of Dr. Siegfried Altmann (1887–1963, director of the Jewish Institute for the Blind ("
Israelitisches Blindeninstitut")) and Else Altmann (née Siebenschein), lived in Vienna's 19
th district, Hohe Warte 32, was enrolled finally in the spring term 1938 at the Medical School in the 2
nd year of his studies (Leaving Certificate ('Abgangszeugnis') was issued on April 28
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.
Lit.: Archive of the University of Vienna/enrollment forms ("Nationale") MED 1937-1938; POSCH/INGRISCH/DRESSEL 2008, 355, information from his daughter Dr. Era Altmann Loewenstein, San Francisco/USA, 08/2020.
Herbert Posch
