Alfred Donath
Alfred Donath (born May 23, 1932 in Basel ; † June 28, 2010 in Geneva ) was a Swiss pediatrician and nuclear medicine doctor who came from a rabbi family and grew up in Yverdon . From 2000 to 2008 he was President of the Swiss Association of Israelites . In 2007 and 2008 he was Vice President of the EJC .
From 1971 until his retirement in 1997 he headed various departments at the Geneva University Hospital .
During his tenure as President of the Swiss Association of Israelites, he tried - with the support of Federal Councilor Pascal Couchepin - to have the ban on slaughter lifted in Switzerland , but abandoned these plans when signs of increasing anti-Semitism became apparent.
He was also instrumental in exposing the misappropriation of funds from the World Jewish Congress committed by Israel Singer .
Alfred Donath was married and the marriage had five children. He was buried in the Jewish cemetery of Veyrier near Geneva.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alfred Donath died. kath.ch from June 29, 2010.
- ↑ Herbert Winter , Alfred Donath sl. , in: Die Jüdische Zeitung 28, Zurich, July 16, 2010, page 19.
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| SURNAME | Donath, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss physician and President of the Swiss Association of Israelites |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 2010 |
| Place of death | Geneva |