Berthold Grünfeld
Berthold Grünfeld (born January 22, 1932 in Bratislava , † August 20, 2007 in Oslo ) was a Norwegian doctor, specialist in psychiatry and professor in social medicine at the University of Oslo . He was often used as an expert in criminal proceedings.
Live and act
From Bratislava to Oslo
Berthold Grünfeld was the son of Frederika Grünfeld. He has lived with Catholic foster parents since infancy.
The mother was expelled to Hungary after a dispute with her landlady. When Berthold was seven years old and Frederika suddenly appeared in Bratislava, he met her again in 1939. In the same year he was sent with a Nansenpass along with 34 other Jewish children by train via Berlin to Norway and received by representatives of Nansenhilfe and the women's league for peace and freedom .
Grünfeld lived with a Jewish family in Trondheim, but after the German occupation of Norway in 1940 he was admitted to the Jewish children's home in Oslo. He lived there until October 1942, when the arrests of Jews began. Berthold and the other children were successfully brought to Sweden, where they remained until Norway was liberated in 1945. Then he came back to the Jewish children's home in Oslo. These events are the starting point of the plot of the Norwegian film I slik en natt (In such a night) from 1958 .
The Jewish community decided to finance his education.
Doctor, sexologist, social medicine specialist, forensic psychiatrist
Berthold Grünfeld was trained as a doctor in 1960 , received his doctorate in 1973 , and since then has held important positions at the university, a. a. since 1993 as a professor in social medicine. He was a specialist in psychiatry and professor in social medicine at the University of Oslo . He was a specialist in relationship problems and sexology at the Oslo Health Council.
From 1992 to 2003 he worked as a forensic psychiatrist, but Grünfeld's expertise was also sought after.
Grünfeld was a member of the selection for licenses and medical students abroad for many years.
Self-determined abortion, euthanasia
Grünfeld's doctoral thesis dealt with women and abortion in Norway and was published in January 1973. ( Legal abort i Norge: Legalt svangerskapsavbrudd i Norge i tidsrommet 1965–1971 ) and was an important pioneer of Norwegian legislation on self-determined abortion, which was in force until the 1978 amendment to the Abortion Act.
He was also on the board of directors of the Right to a Worthy Death Association , which advocates active euthanasia .
Private
Berthold Grünfeld met his wife Gunhild in 1960 . They had three children. His daughter Nina Grünfeld made a film in 2005 about her father's origins. He learned that his mother worked as a prostitute for a while and that she was murdered in Sobibor .
Works
- Legal abort i Norge: Legalt svangerskapsavbrudd i Norge i tidsrommet 1965–1971 , Oslo, 1973 ISBN 8200093239 / ISBN 9788200093237
- Vårt seksuelle liv , Oslo, 1979 ISBN 8205114951 / ISBN 9788205114951
- Michael Carrera: Alt om SEX , Norwegian edition, edited by Berthold Grünfeld, Oslo, 1982
Awards
- Commander of the Order of St. Olav
Film about Grünfeld
- Grünfeld: ukjent opphav , by his daughter Nina Grünfeld, premiered at the Haugesund film festival and broadcast on September 5, 2005 by Norwegian television station TV2.
Web links
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- ↑ http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2005/08/27/441564.html
- ↑ Review in Aftenposten ( memento of the original from October 1, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grünfeld, Berthold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bratislava |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 2007 |
| Place of death | Oslo |