Dr. Erna Hollitscher

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