21.06.2017

Memorial Stone Commemorates Ethnologist Marianne Schmidl

The late Austrian ethnologist Marianne Schmidl, who was murdered by the national socialists, was honoured with a commemorative plaque in Vienna. The OeAW Institute for Social Anthropology is among the donators. In an interview social anthropologist Katja Geisenhainer tells about the life and work of Vienna´s first woman, who received a doctor´s degree in ethnology.

[Translate to English:] Die Ethnologin Marianne Schmidl wurde mit einem „Stein der Erinnerung“ gewürdigt. © ISA/Mehmet Emir
[Translate to English:] Die Ethnologin Marianne Schmidl wurde mit einem „Stein der Erinnerung“ gewürdigt. © ISA/Mehmet Emir

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