Bernard Bornstein (1900–1975) was one of a few Polish-Jewish neurologists who escaped the tragic fate of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland. Educated at the University of Vienna and practicing until the war in Cracow, Bornstein in his scientific work dealt comprehensively with various neurological topics, bringing to Israeli medicine the best of pre-War European neurological diagnostics and combining them with the latest achievements of genetics. He was a teacher of many prominent Israeli neurologists. On the basis of previously unknown archival sources, the fate of Bornstein and his family during World War II was reconstructed.
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Bernard Bornstein birth record, Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie oddział w Tarnowie (National Archives in Cracow, Tarnow branch) signature 33/276/14
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Bernard Bornstein immatriculation records, Universitätsarchiv der Universität Wien (University Archive of the University of Vienna) signature UAW 193-1086, 134-0880, 196-0629
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Archiwum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego (Archives of the Jagiellonian University) signature WL II 555, S II 660
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Bernard Bornstein and Amalia Neufeld marriage record, Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie (National Archives in Cracow) signature 29/1472/0/2/625 Akta stanu cywilnego Izraelickiego Okręgu Metrykalnego w Krakowie act 302/1926
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Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie (National Archives in Cracow) archival fond 29/1578 Chamber of Health in the General Government, questionnaire for the first application of the medical professions of Dr. Bernhard Bornstein, signature 29/1578/187, p. 447-448, 451
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Archiwum Narodowe w Krakowie (National Archives in Cracow) archival fond 29/33/0 Akta miasta Krakowa j. SMKr 462, questionnaire for a Kennkarte for Dr. Bernard Bornstein and his wife
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