Fritz Deutscher

Born:	08-13-1914
Faculty:	Medical School | Medical University Vienna
Category:	Expelled student

Fritz DEUTSCHER, born on August 13^th, 1914 in Vienna/Austria (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Vienna/Austria, Citizenship: Austria) was the son of Cecilie Deutscher, a young widowed woman (his father died in the First Word War). She lived with her sons Fritz (born 1914) and Sigmund (born 1910) since 1924 in a flat in the newly erected communal housing in Vienna's 9^th district, Roegergasse 6/I/3 (arch. Karl Alois Krist). Fritz Deutscher graduated from highschool ("maturierte") - Realschule in Vienna's 9^th district, Glasergasse 24 - in summer 1932 and enrolled at the University of Vienna in fall term 1932/33. He had to enroll at the Philosophical School for a year to take the "Latinum" (Latin language certificate), a requirement for the medical studies. With the successful "Latinum" he could start with his medical studies at the Medical School in fall term 1933/34. He was enrolled finally in the spring term 1938 at the Medical School in the 5th year of his studies ('Absolutorium' was certified on June 30th, 1938). In the spring term 1938 he could continue his studies in the context of the 2%-Numerus clausus of Jewish Students until the end of the term, but was forced then to leave the university without any graduation in summer 1938. On July 30^th, 1938 the family was also forced to leave the flat in Roegergasse for racist reason and the family had to prepare to flee from Austria. Fritz Deutscher could emigrate and died in the late 1980ies.

Lit.: POSCH/INGRISCH/DRESSEL 2008, 374; Archive of the University of Vienna/Nationale PHIL and MED; SAUER 2014, 58; information from his son Jonathan Dexter, 2019.

Herbert Posch