Auerbach, Edith (1903–)

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Auerbach, Edith (1903–)

German physician. Born on Oct 14, 1903, in Berlin; married Theodor Auerbach (Marxist).

A Marxist, escaped to Belgium with husband (1933), after the Nazis seized power in Germany, then USSR (1935); arrested with husband on suspicion of anti-Soviet activities during the Stalinist purges (1937); survived WWII and returned to East Germany (1956); joined the dominant Socialist Unity Partya and was appointed to a post in the Buch Clinic and the hospital reserved for high state officials.

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