Erich Gostynski

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Erich Gostynski (born August 26, 1904 in Harzgerode , † after 1948) was a German-British medic .

Life and activity

After studying medicine, Gostynski received his license to practice medicine in 1930 . In the same year he became an assistant doctor in the internal department of the municipal hospital in Berlin-Friedrichshain . 1933 doctorate he attended the University of Berlin Dr. med.

After the National Socialists came to power , Gostynski was dismissed from civil service in April 1933. He then emigrated to Great Britain. There he first became an assistant in a doctor's practice before opening his own practice in Manchester in 1936 . He eventually changed his name to Erich Gostyn.

In 1945 Gostynski / Gostyn became an assistant in a medical-psychological department at Salford Royal Hospital.

By the Nazi police forces Gostynski was considered public enemy: In the spring of 1940 he was the Reich Security Main Office on the special wanted list GB set a list of persons in the event of a successful invasion and occupation of the British Isles by the armed forces following the occupation forces details of the SS with special priority should be located and arrested.

Fonts

  • "About the importance of the Brugsch Proibe as a vital function test", in: Journal for clinical medicine , vol. 116, 1931, pp. 108-127
  • On the involvement of the kidneys in periarteritis nodosa , 1933.

literature

  • Displaced German Scholars. A Guide to Academics in Peril in Nazi Germany During the 1930s , p. 66.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Gostynski on the special wanted list GB (reproduced on the website of the Imperial War Museum in London) .
personal data
SURNAME Gostynski, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-British medic
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Harzgerode
DATE OF DEATH after 1948