Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Boltzmannstraße 22
14195 Berlin
E-mail: coertzen@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de
Title: | Dr. |
Prename: | Erna |
Surname: | Hollitscher |
Profession: | Anglicist, refugee worker |
Birthday: | 05/01/1897 |
Place of birth: | Vienna |
Date of death: | 11/20/1986 |
Place of death: | London |
Education: | 1914 language studies in Britain; 1918–22 university studies (English, French) in Vienna; 1922 doctorate |
Career: | 1922–26 Anglo-Austrian Bank, Vienna; 1926–30 legal department, Österreichische Creditanstalt; 1935–38 international department of the Wiener Automobil-Fabrik and adult education teacher at the Wiener Volksheim; 1938 emigration to Britain, initially guest of British Federation of University Women (BFUW) members in Manchester; 1938–54 secretary of the BFUW’s Sub-Committee on Refugees |
Memberships: | Association of Austrian University Women (VAÖ); BFUW |