Gustav Tugendreich was an influential pediatrician who has been touted as the "father of public infant welfare" in Germany, according to the International Journal of Epidemiology. In 1911, Tugendreich turned down the directorship of an infant mortality center because the role would have required him to renounce Judaism.
Thomas Tugend's father, Gustav Tugendreich, was more alarmed by the rapidly changing outlook for Jews in Germany.
Once Hitler came to power, Tugendreich was no longer permitted to treat non-Jewish patients.
"It killed him, not physically, but spiritually, emotionally," Tugend said.
Tugendreich left for America before the rest of the family, securing a lectureship at Bryn Mawr College in suburban Philadelphia through a loophole in America's immigration quota system. He wrote letters to his family in Berlin, urging them to take the next boat possible to get out of Europe.
Fortunately, the Tugends listened to their father. They left Berlin four months before war broke out
Thomas Tugend's father, Gustav Tugendreich, was more alarmed by the rapidly changing outlook for Jews in Germany.
Once Hitler came to power, Tugendreich was no longer permitted to treat non-Jewish patients.
"It killed him, not physically, but spiritually, emotionally," Tugend said.
Tugendreich left for America before the rest of the family, securing a lectureship at Bryn Mawr College in suburban Philadelphia through a loophole in America's immigration quota system. He wrote letters to his family in Berlin, urging them to take the next boat possible to get out of Europe.
Fortunately, the Tugends listened to their father. They left Berlin four months before war broke out
Gustav Tugendreich was an influential pediatrician who has been touted as the "father of public infant welfare" in Germany, according to the International Journal of Epidemiology. In 1911, Tugendreich turned down the directorship of an infant mortality center because the role would have required him to renounce Judaism.
Thomas Tugend's father, Gustav Tugendreich, was more alarmed by the rapidly changing outlook for Jews in Germany.
Once Hitler came to power, Tugendreich was no longer permitted to treat non-Jewish patients.
"It killed him, not physically, but spiritually, emotionally," Tugend said.
Tugendreich left for America before the rest of the family, securing a lectureship at Bryn Mawr College in suburban Philadelphia through a loophole in America's immigration quota system. He wrote letters to his family in Berlin, urging them to take the next boat possible to get out of Europe.
Fortunately, the Tugends listened to their father. They left Berlin four months before war broke out
Thomas Tugend's father, Gustav Tugendreich, was more alarmed by the rapidly changing outlook for Jews in Germany.
Once Hitler came to power, Tugendreich was no longer permitted to treat non-Jewish patients.
"It killed him, not physically, but spiritually, emotionally," Tugend said.
Tugendreich left for America before the rest of the family, securing a lectureship at Bryn Mawr College in suburban Philadelphia through a loophole in America's immigration quota system. He wrote letters to his family in Berlin, urging them to take the next boat possible to get out of Europe.
Fortunately, the Tugends listened to their father. They left Berlin four months before war broke out
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