| Born: | 08-02-1913 |
| Faculty: | Medical School | Medical University Vienna |
| Category: | Expelled student |
Grete FÄRBER (Margaret STEYER/שטייר), born on August 2nd 1913 in Bielitz, Galicia/Austro-Hungarian Empire [Bielsko-Biała/Poland] (entitled residency ("heimatberechtigt") for Bielitz/Poland, citizenship 1938: Poland), daughter of Samuel/Shmuel Färber (merchant in Bielitz, de. c. 1920, stepfather: Arthur Elsass) and Berta Färber, née Pollak, remarried Elsass (1886-1968), lived in Vienna's 8th district, Albertgasse 21, was last enrolled in the fall term 1937/38 at the Medical Schoolin the 5th and last year of her studies.
In 1938, after the takeover of power of National-Socialism she was forced to quit her nearly finished studies for racist reason and to leave the University of Vienna.
Grete Färber had to leave Vienna and returned to her family in Bielsko, Poland, and lived in Bukhara [Buxoro/Uzbekistan], then in the Soviet Union, during World War II. Her brother Erich Färber (1910-1965) emigrated to Sydney/Australia, her half-siblings Karl aka Karol Elsass (1922-1980) and Ruth Gelski, née Elsass (1924-1993) also.
Grete Färber became a physician, married Dr. Michael Shtaier/Steer/Steyer (1907-1992), also from Poland, and emigrated to Israel, where she lived and worked in Tel Aviv.
Dr. Margaret STEYER/שטייר, née Färber, died on August 17th, 2011 in Israel and is buried at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Lit.: Archive of the University of Vienna/National MED 1937-1938; POSCH/INGRISCH/DRESSEL 2008, 380; www.ancestry.de; www.myheritage.at ; www.geni.com; Yad Vashem | Shoah Victims' Names; information by courtsey of Dr. Konstanze Kropatschek, Vienna 07/2022.
Herbert Posch
