Friedrich Odo Müller
| Born: |
03-10-1913 |
| Faculty: |
Medical School | Medical University Vienna |
| Category: |
Expelled student |
Friedrich Odo Müller was born on March 10th, 1913 in Vienna/ Austria (entitled residency ('heimatberechtigt') for Vienna / Austria, citizenship: Austria), the son of Leopold Müller (architect, Vienna´s 4th district, Starhemberggasse 28) and Katharina (nee Müller, later Rasper). Friedrich Odo Müller graduated from high school (Humanistisches Gymnasium, Vienna´s 13th district, Fichtnergasse) in 1932.
His address was Obere Donaustraße 45/6 in Vienna´s 2nd district when he in fall 1932 started his medical studies at the university of Vienna. He stated "protestant" as religion, "German" as mother tongue and "German-Aryan" as ethnicity, but was regarded as "mixed race" ("Mischling 1. Grades") according to National-Socialist racial categories.
The fall term of 1937/38 was his final term at the Medical School, in the 5th year of his studies (one year hasn't been validated).
His "Absolutorium" was not certified until June 16th, 1938 and he managed to finish his studies two days later, on June 18th, 1938. On this date a so-called "Non-Aryan Graduation" took place, but no special notes regarding this were made in his "Promotionsprotokoll" (promotion protocol) or on his diploma.
During his studies he practiced in internal medicine, surgery and in skin and venereal diseases, he took an exam to be a teacher in sports and athletics at the Vienna Municipal School Department ("Stadtschulrat") and got the driver´s license for motorbikes.
Being discriminated and persecuted as being a "Mischling" by the National-Socialist regime he managed to emigrate to Sweden in September 1939 with the help of the Swedish Israel-Mission. He declared he wanted to become a ship´s doctor and waited for an affidavit from the USA. The plan was that Sweden would only be a stop on the way to the USA. He also held an "Abessinienbrief" (an offer for a visa to Abessinia) from the Gildemeester-Action. But he stayed in Sweden. First he should be trained to become an agricultural helper but was given work in the medical field, although not as a doctor but as a male nurse in the psychiatry.
He returned to Austria in about 1946 and worked as a specialist for internal medicine.
He died in 1977.
Lit.: Archive University of Vienna: Nationale, promotionprotocoll, information from his daughter Katharina Müller-John, Vienna 2016.
Herbert Posch
