Herbert Gerstl

Born:	04-27-1913
Faculty:	Medical School | Medical University Vienna
Category:	Expelled student

Herbert GERSTL, born on April 27^th, 1913 in Neustadt, Lower Austria/Austro-Hungarian Empire (entitled residency ("heimatberechtigt") in 1938 for Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria/Austria, Citizenship 1938: Austria), son of Johann Leopold Gerstl (merchant, 1887-19??) and Hermine Gerstl (née Jaul, 1887-1968), lived in Vienna's 2^nd district, Grosse Schiffgasse 17, was enrolled finally in the fall term 1937/38 at the Medical School in the 5^th and last year of his studies. 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 ("Absolutorium" was certified on December 14^th, 1938). He had to flee Vienna and was able to emigrate to the USA in time with his parents and his brother Ferry (b. 1923). They left Cherbourgh/France on April 1^st, 1939 on the SS Queen Mary and landed in New York City, NY on April 6^th, 1939, where they also lived and worked in Manhattan for the time being and applied for American citizenship. Herbert Gerstl enlisted on October 5^th, 1942 in the U. S. Army (Fort Jay Governors Island, New York), lived in the 1950s at 122^nd str., Richmond Hills, later in South Ozone Park and Jamaica, all in Queens, NY/USA. He was married to Zelda Gerstl (1924-2017) since the late 1940s. Herbert Gerstl died on March 3^rd, 1999 in Jamaica, Queens, NY/USA and is buried at Montefiore Cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens, NY/USA.

Lit.: Archive of the University of Vienna/enrollment forms ("Nationale") MED 1937–1938; POSCH/INGRISCH/DRESSEL 2008, 391; www.genteam.at www.ancestry.de.

Herbert Posch