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between July and September 1938. However, prior to the pogrom, some
professionals were re-instated to attend to the needs of a specifically Jewish
clientele. The general practitioner, Dr Heinz Goldschmidt, was one such example
who was re-instated on 19 October 1938. 164 In the column marked ‘Remarks’ the
entry for Dr Goldschmidt read: ‘Jew! From 19 October 1938 approval granted
again for the treatment of Jews.’ 165
Nevertheless, Jewish professionals were still being deregistered in the months
after the pogrom. The physician Dr Otto Schlein lost his right to practise on 23
January 1939. 166 Clearly, in the wake of the deregistrations the government had to
respond to the need of Jews requiring professional services. On 17 January 1939,
as a result of the Achte Verordnung zum Reichsbürgergesetz, a limited number of
professionals were re-instated for this purpose. Many of these further re-
instatements occurred from February 1939. On 16 February 1939, the Magdeburg
dentist Dr Martin Reinhold was re-instated as a ‘practitioner of the sick’ or
‘Krankenbehandler.’ 167 Likewise, on 20 February 1939, the Magdeburg dentist Dr
Ignaz Kreisky was also listed as registered to practise. 168 Beyond this period the
physician Dr Hans Aufrecht was reregistered with the city authorities to treat
164
Nachweisung der Veränderungen unter den Ärzten, Zahnärzten und Apothekern
des Kreises Magdeburg für den Monat November 1938, 2. Dezember 1938, Bestand
Rep. C 28 I g, Signatur Nr. 34, LHASA MD, p. 81.
165
Ibid. The cited quotation is the author’s translation from the original German
which reads: ‘Jude! Ab 19.10.38 wieder zugelassen zur Behandlung von Juden.’
166
Erlöschen der Bestallung als Arzt, 23. Januar 1939, Bestand Rep. C 28 I g,
Signatur Nr. 16, Band 5, LHASA MD, op. cit., p. 95.
167
Correspondence from the Reich Minister for the Interior, 16 February 1939, ibid.,
pp. 99–100.
168
Ibid., pp. 102–104.