Edith Kleiner

Born:	10-19-1918
Faculty:	Philosophical School
Category:	Expelled student

Edith KLEINER, born on October 19^th, 1918 in Vienna/Austria (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Vienna/Austria, Citizenship: Austria), daughter of Dr. Jakob Kleiner (merchant), lived in Vienna's 5^th district, Embelgasse 41/21, was enrolled finally in the spring term 1938 at the Philosophical School in the 1^st year of her studies and took courses in English language and literature Studies. After the takeover of power of National-Socialism in 1938 she was forced to quit her studies for racist reason without a chance to graduate. She requested to continue her studies in the context of the 2% numerus clausus of Jewish Students, but was rejected and had to leave the University of Vienna.

Lit.: Archive of the University of Vienna/Enrollment forms ("Nationale") PHIL 1937-1938; POSCH/INGRISCH/DRESSEL 2008, 417.

Herbert Posch