Hans David Elkan
Hans David Elkan (born March 22, 1900 in Hohenems , Austria ; † July 23, 1944 in Theresienstadt concentration camp ) was an Austrian teacher and philosopher .
Life
Hans Elkan was born in 1900 as the son of the last head of the Israelite religious community, Theodor Elkan . He studied philosophy at the University of Freiburg and graduated with a dissertation on Plato . In 1934 Elkan was granted the Austrian license to teach at the University of Innsbruck . From 1935 to 1937 he taught history, geography and introductory philosophy at the Bundesgymnasium Dornbirn .
After the National Socialists came to power , Elkan was forbidden to continue teaching.
In 1939, together with his father, he tried in vain to bring the Torah scrolls from the Hohenems synagogue to St. Gallen in Switzerland . In May 1940 the Elkan family was forced by the National Socialists to leave Hohenems and move to Vienna . After their deportation to the Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942, the Elkan family was put to death there in 1944.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Hohenems genealogy. Dr. Hans David Elkan. In: Hohenemsgenealogie.at. December 31, 2018, accessed August 13, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Hans Elkan | Jewish Museum Hohenems. In: jm-hohenems.at. Retrieved August 13, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Wilhelm strenght: history of the Dornbirn secondary school . Vorarlberger Authors Society, Bregenz 1991, ISBN 3-900754-09-8 , p. 256 f . ( malingesellschaft.at [PDF]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elkan, Hans David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian teacher and philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohenems , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 1944 |
| Place of death | Theresienstadt concentration camp |