Dr Klemens Tschermak - A professional career at the slaughterhouse, veterinary administration and as academic lecturer

Publikationen als Autor:in / Herausgeber:in der Vetmeduni

Csadek, Isabella; Forstenpointner, Gerhard; Paulsen, Peter

Abstrakt

Klemens Tschermak (1891-1975) started his studies of veterinary medicine in Vienna in 1911. After his service in the first World War, he completed his studies and received his doctoral degree in 1923. From 1923, he worked as an official veterinarian in Vienna until forced to retire in 1939 but he was soon activated again and working in Silesia. He was not involved in any national socialist organizations. After the end of World War two, he returned to the administrative staff of the Vienna municipality, first as provisional, then as outright director of veterinary services. In 1939-1945, Tschermak and his family suffered from reprisals. His wife was Jewish and he had a record of activities in social-democratic organizations and in freemasonry (1925-1931). Tschermak was involved in numerous activities related to assuring animal health, before 1939 largely in the social-democratic "Siedler- und Kleingartenbewegung" and after 1945 in Vienna's animal welfare organization. After 1945, he actively helped secure the supply of instruments and pharmaceuticals to veterinarians in Vienna and in the reconstruction of the St Marx abattoir. He was appointed honorary lecturer of slaughterhouse management at the Veterinary School in Vienna and held lectures from 1948 to 1964. Initiatives towards an animal insurance and an economic cooperative for veterinarians were not successful but indicated his high level of social engagement. He was also active as a writer and published two plays and three volumes of lyrics.

Dokumententyp

Originalarbeit

Open Access Type

Diamond

DOI

10.5680/wtm000038

Repository Phaidra

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