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Otto Knoller

Born: 04-05-1913
Faculty: Medical School | Medical University Vienna
Category: Expelled student
Otto KNOLLER, born on April 5th, 1913 in Vienna/Austria (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Vienna/Austria, Citizenship: Austria), son of David Knoller (accountant), lived in Wien 2, Untere Augartenstraße 38/14, was enrolled finally in the fall term 1937/38 at the Medical School in the 5th year of his studies ('Absolutorium' was certified on July 15th, 1938). He emigrated to the USA, where he was able to finish his medical studies and work as a physician.
In 1949 he married his wife Lotte, they had three children. He died on December 14th, 2011 at the age of 98 years in New York.


Lit.: Interview mit Otto Knoller, 14.02.1995, New York (Interviewer: Noga Garrisson), USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, University of Southern California, Interview 966; obituary, in: New York Times 17.12.2011Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes (DÖW): Datenbank Shoah-Opfer (David und Marie Knoller)KNIEFACZ/POSCH 2017a.

Katharina Kniefacz


Nationale of Otto Knoller, fall term 1937/38 (1st form front), Photo: H. Posch (c) Universitätsarchiv Wien

Nationale of Otto Knoller, fall term 1937/38 (1st form front), Photo: H. Posch (c) Universitätsarchiv Wien

Otto Knoller, New York 1995 (c) Interview 966 USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, University of Southern California

Otto Knoller and his parents and his brothers Alfred Knoller (middle) and Erich Knoller (right), Vienna 1937 (c) Interview 966 USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, University of Southern California
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