Heinrich Schur
Heinrich Schur (born May 11, 1871 in Náchod , Austro-Hungarian Monarchy , † November 21, 1953 in Vienna) was professor of internal medicine at the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna . Because of his Jewish origins, he was expelled from the University of Vienna in 1938.
Life
Heinrich Schur's parents were David Salomon Schur (1818–1909) and Therese Schur, née Hahn (1838–1906). From 1880 to 1888 he was a student at the Catholic Braunauer Stiftsgymnasium . He completed his medical studies at the German Karl Ferdinand University in Prague in 1894 with a doctorate. After that he worked at various hospitals in Vienna. In 1898 he became a secondary doctor at the Vienna General Hospital , from 1902 he was an assistant at the General Polyclinic. After completing his habilitation in internal medicine in 1904, he was head of department at the Kaiser-Franz-Joseph outpatient clinic from 1905 to 1910 and then first primary doctor and later head of the first medical department at the hospital of the Viennese merchants. As early as 1915 he had been appointed associate professor at the University of Vienna. On November 29, 1917 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order with war decorations.
Heinrich Schur published around 100 scientific essays and treatises. In 1938 his venia legendi was withdrawn, which meant that he was removed from office and expelled from the University of Vienna. Later he was allowed to work as a nurse at the Jewish hospital in Vienna's Malzgasse. Since his wife was non-Jewish, he escaped the Holocaust .
After the war ended in 1945, Heinrich Schur was appointed provisional director of the re-established Jewish Community in Vienna . For reasons of age he resigned in September 1945.
Heinrich Schur was married to Maria, nee Irenetz. The marriage came from the son Franz Schur (born November 17, 1921).
Web links
- Memorial book of the University of Vienna
- Entry University Library Vienna
- Heinrich Schur in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Jewish doctors under National Socialism
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schur, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schur, Jindřich (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | After that |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 21, 1953 |
| Place of death | Vienna |