Lot 319
List of Physicians for the Jewish Community in Vienna – February 1, 1941
Krankenbehandler für jüdische Versicherte ["Medics" for insured Jewish patients], list of physicians authorized to treat Jews. Vienna, February 1, 1941. German.
In July 1938, Nazi Germany legislated a new regulation, forbidding Jews to practice medicine and depriving them of their licenses. A small number of ex-physicians, about 285 people, were allowed to treat Jews, and worked under limited conditions with a new license, as "medics" (Krankenbehandler).
This list, three typewritten and mimeographed pages, includes the names of less than one hundred "medics" who were allowed to treat Jews in Vienna – a community of more than one hundred thousand people. The middle name "Israel" was added to each of the names on this list (according to the Nazi law of changing names), and the names are divided according to the city's boroughs and different specializations.
The list illustrates the poor services offered to the community at the time: thirty seven general doctors, thirty two dentists, two ophthalmologists, two ear and throat specialists, two surgeons, one pediatrician, and just a small number of other specialists.
[2] leaves (three typed pages), 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor creases and stains. Tears to margins (mostly small). Pinholes to top corners.
