Josef Katz

Born:	05-04-1910
Faculty:	Medical School | Medical University Vienna
Category:	Expelled student

Josef KATZ, born on May 4^th, 1910 in Gliniany, Galicia/Austro-Hungarian Empire [later Poland, today: Hlynjany/Ukraine] (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Vienna/Austria, Citizenship: Austria), son of Paul Katz (bank official), lived in Vienna's 1^st district, Wipplingerstrasse 12.
Josef Katz was enrolled finally in spring term 1937 in the 5^th and last year of his studies ("Absolutorium" was certified on November 3^rd, 1938) and was preparing for the final examinations ("Rigorosen") in 1938. In 1938 he was forced to quit his studies and to leave the University of Vienna for racist reason after the takeover of power of National-Socialism. But after numerous incertainties he could finally finish his studies and graduated on October 31^st, 1938, but only with the discriminating ceremony of a "Nichtarierpromotion", which included at the same time that he was banned from his profession. He had to flee from National-Socialist Austria and succeeded in February 1939 to emigrate illegally to Palestine [Israel], where he could later practice as a specialist in urology. He died at the age of 47 on January 21^st, 1957 in Jerusalem/Israel.

Lit.: Archive of the University of Vienna/enrollment forms ("Nationale") MED 1937-1938, graduation registry ("Promotionsprotokoll") MED M 33.14, Nr. 4152; POSCH 2009, 371; information from Dr. Barbara Sauer, Vienna 08/2019; REITER-ZATLOUKAL/SAUER 2022.

Katharina Kniefacz, Herbert Posch