Karl Tuppa
Karl Tuppa (born March 23, 1899 in Vienna ; † November 11, 1981 ibid) was an Austrian anthropologist .
Life
Tuppa studied anthropology with Josef Weninger up to his doctorate in 1935. In 1940, he completed his habilitation on the Turkic people, Mischeren and Tipteren, using material from the estate of Rudolf Pöch . From 1932 he worked at the Institute for Anthropology, which he headed after the director Eberhard Geyer was drafted and died in 1942 . He also examined records of Armenian prisoners of war from the First World War. His racial knowledge of the Lower Danube was particularly important in Adolf Hitler's home region . In 1945 he was released. He then worked as a self-employed hereditary assessor, mainly in determining paternity until the 1960s.
Fonts
- Racial science of the Lower Danube . Series: Niederdonau, Ahnengau des Führers - Series of publications for home and people. Ed. Gaupresseamt Niederdonau of the NSDAP , 22nd Sankt Pöltener Zeitungs-Verlagsgesellschaft, St. Pölten 1941
- Mischeren and Tipteren: a contribution to the anthropology of the Turkic peoples in Russia , Ahnenerbe -Stiftung Verlag 1941
literature
- Eberhard Gabriel , Wolfgang Neugebauer (Ed.): Vorreiter der Vernichtung ?: Eugenics, Racial Hygiene and Euthanasia in the Austrian Discussion before 1938 , Part III, Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 2005 ISBN 3-205-77122-2 .
- Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Who was what before and after 1945? . S. Fischer, Frankfurt 2003. As paperback 3rd edition. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tuppa, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian anthropologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1981 |
| Place of death | Vienna |