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Armin Holzer

Born: 11-02-1887
Faculty: Law School
Category: Deprivation of academic degree
Armin HOLZER (born on November 2nd, 1887 in Wien (Eibisthal, LK Mistelbach ?), had graduated at the Law School at the University of Vienna on November 7th, 1913 with the academic degree 'Dr. iur.'.
In times of Nazism he was deprived of his academic degree on February 13th, 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 6 years since the deprivation until the regranting of the doctorate took finally place on March 25th, 1948.

Armin Holzer, Certificate of depromotion, Photo: Herbert Posch, (c) Archive University Vienna
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