Salomon [Salo] Guttmann, Dr.
born Bukovina, Nov 10, 1869
Documents associated with this person:
Husband of Sophie Guttmann (née Schifre Schenker), brother-in-law of Heinrich Schenker, a medical doctor.
Life summary
Born in Suczawa (Bukovina, district Sereth) on November 10, 1869, his parents being Osias Hersch and Nessy Guttmann, nothing is otherwise known about his life prior to his marriage to Sophie Schenker on January 6, 1898 at the synagogue in Fünfhaus, in the 15th district of Vienna. The marriage certificate gives Salo's occupation as "Arzt" (medical doctor).
A Salomon Guttmann is listed as "Gemeindearzt" (community doctor) in Bossancze (Bosancea, in Suczawa) in 1907 (Bukovina-Medical). During September 1914, Heinrich and Moriz Violin tried hard to find a position for him in one of the Vienna hospitals, petitioning senior doctors on his behalf. Heinrich also sought the assistance of Sofie Deutsch for him, while Evelina Pairamall offered food to the two sons, Hans and Julian, through her food relief program. By 1934, he is reported to have severely poor eyesight (OC A/289). In her letters to Jeanette Schenker of 1938 and 1939, Sophie refers to Salo as "my old man," recording generally that he is not in good health (OJ 11/31, [1]) but that his eyesight is reasonable.
For further information of family circumstances, see Guttmann family.
Correspondence and Photographs
No correspondence between Salo Guttmann and the Schenkers is known to survive. Of the photographs preserved in OJ 72/18, the following include Salo: items 5 (Suzcawa c.1907), 11 (c.1916-17), and 15 (c.1922).
Contributors
- Marko Deisinger and Lee Rothfarb