Ludwig Giesskann

Born:	04-26-1897
Faculty:	Medical School | Medical University Vienna
Category:	Deprivation of academic degree

Ludwig GIESSKANN (born on April 26th, 1897 in Kojotein, Freis Prerau/Moravia [Kojetín/Czech Republic]), had graduated at the Medical School at the University of Vienna on December 23rd, 1922 with the academic degree 'Dr. med.'.
In times of Nazism he was deprived of his academic degree on February 28th, 1942 with the racist argument, that he as a Jew was not considered dignified an academic degree of a German university ('eines akademischen Grades einer deutschen Hochschule unwürdig').
It took 13 years since the deprivation - and a very long time since the end of Nazism - until the regranting of the doctorate took finally place on May 15th, 1955.