Abstract
The period of National Socialism (1933-1945) had a seismic impact on the medical profession
in Europe and beyond. This study aimed to identify Jewish dermatologists who fled
Europe as a result of National Socialism and migrated to the Australian state of New
South Wales (NSW), document their struggles, and describe their contribution to dermatology.
Five dermatologists who survived the horrors of Nazism and migrated to NSW were identified.
Frederik Goldschlag (1893-1973), Richard Kantor (1886-1954), Isidor Knossew (1898-1965),
Emil Milder (1902-1973) and Emery Kocsard (1912-2005) arrived in NSW in the period
1938-1951. Myriad contributions were made to dermatology. The challenges confronted
by refugee dermatologists did not cease with the end of National Socialism. On reaching
Australia, university and Medical Board barriers and the country's strong British
affiliation posed further difficulties for many refugee doctors from the European
Continent. The study complements previous research on the exodus of dermatologists
from Europe to countries other than Australia as a result of National Socialism. The
study also prompts sober reflection about the losses suffered by dermatology, alongside
other branches of medicine, through Nazism Socialism and the Holocaust.
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Recipient of the Samuel J. Zakon Prize in the History of Dermatology, awarded by the History of Dermatology Society in New Orleans, LA, March 16, 2023
In early 1938, while Australia hosted the British Empire Games and held parades to mark the sesquicentenary of British settlement in the country, storm clouds were gathering rapidly on the other side of the world. Among those keen to flee Continental Europe were five Jewish dermatologists who eventually found their way to the Australian state of New South Wales. This is their story
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