Heinz Albert (Henry A.) Fischel

State:
Surviving
Gender:
male
Maiden name:
Not known
So called:
-
Alias:
Henry A.
Date of birth:
20. Januar 1913
Birthplace:
Bonn, Rheinland
Residence:
Not known
Place of persecution:
Not known
Date of death:
18. März 2008
Deceased in:
Bloomington, IN
LEA file number:
Spouse:
Not known
Date and place of marriage:
Not known
Mother:
Anna Süßenguth (Fischel)
Father:
Adolf Fischel
Siblings:
Lina Lotte Fischel (Newhouser)
Children:
Not known
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Vita

(geni.com) Professor
(W) Henry A. Fischel (November 20, 1913 – March 20, 2008) was an American-German professor emeritus of Near Eastern languages and cultures at Indiana University. Fischel was an influential figure in founding the Jewish Studies Program at Indiana University. Under his direction, the Lilly Endowment gave the university a grant in 1972–73 to develop a Jewish Studies Program.[citation needed] Professor Fischel lived in Bloomington, Indiana until his death in 2008.
He was born in Bonn in 1913. Heinz Albert Fischel was born to parents Anna and Adolf. His father was a shoemaker. As a child in Bonn, he enjoyed playing chess, soccer, tennis, and also competitive boxing. He also was a talented pianist. He completed a degree in rabbinical studies at the Hochschule für Wissenschaft des Judentums in Berlin, and was enrolled as a student at the University of Berlin at the same time. After the Krystallnacht Pogrom, the Nazis imprisoned him at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He received his degree in rabbinical studies from the Hochschule in 1939. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1945. He took a position at Brandeis University in 1958, and then accepted a position to join the faculty at Indiana University in 1961. He was predeceased by his wife Sylvia, who died in 1987. He was survived by five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren at his passing.
Q: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Fischel
s.a. https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/bfc/view?docId=B04-2013, dort alt. GD 11.11.1913

Notes

(geni.com) Sohn von Adolf Fischel und Anna Fischel
Ehemann von Sylvia Fischell
Vater von Miriam Sharpe und Antoinette Jourard
Bruder von Lina Lotte Newhouser