Erna Lesky (geb. Klingenstein), Univ.-Prof. DDr.

Medical historian, doctor, librarian, archivist and head of the Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Vienna

Univ.-Prof. DDr.
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The honor is classified as "problematic" in 2022/23 due to Erna Lesky's involvement in National Socialism. As a young doctor, Lesky was involved in the League of German Girls (BDM), was a member of the NSDAP (as was her husband Albin Lesky) and from 1940 to 1945 was the medical director of a "Mother and Child" home of the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV), was the infant and child welfare officer for the Tyrol-Vorarlberg region, an active member of the "NS-Frauenschaft", the "Deutsches Frauenwerk" and the "NSD-Ärztebund".