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The emigration of Germany's Jewish dermatologists in the period of National Socialism
Author(s) -
Eppinger S,
Meurer M,
Scholz A
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00828.x
Subject(s) - judaism , emigration , medicine , context (archaeology) , nazi germany , period (music) , ancient history , nazism , economic history , classics , demography , history , archaeology , german , sociology , physics , acoustics
In the context of our investigation, we found information on 432 (76%) of the 569 Jewish dermatologists in Germany. There is evidence that 57 (10%) of the Jewish dermatologists were murdered in concentration camps, 61 (10.7%) died a natural death, 13 (2%) committed suicide, and 25 (4%) survived the Third Reich in Germany. After 1933, 276 (49%) Jewish dermatologists were able to leave Germany; the United States of America was the main destination and 107 (or 41%) emigrated there. A total of 34 (13%) Jewish dermatologists emigrated from Germany to Palestine and 16 to Latin America. Regarding emigration to other European countries, 20 of the Jewish dermatologists from Germany went to Great Britain (including Walter Freudenthal, 1893–1952, and Ernst Sklarz, 1894–1975), and 24 emigrated to other European countries, such as France (Rudolf Mayer, 1895–1962), Sweden (Carl Lennhoff, 1883–1963), and the Netherlands (Otto Schlein, 1895–1944).