Käthe Rosenthal
Käthe Rosenthal (1893–1942) was a German botanist. Her major work was on the genus Daphniphyllum. She worked at the Silesian Freidrich-Wilhelms-University in Breslau and at the Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin. At the beginning of September 1942, the Jewish scientist was deported from her place of residence in Berlin to the Riga Ghetto, where she was murdered a few days later.
Käthe Rosenthal | |
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| Born | Käthe Emmy Rosenthal June 25, 1893 Breslau |
| Died | September 8, 1942 (aged 49) Riga Ghetto, Lettland |
| Cause of death | Murder |
| Resting place | unknown |
| Nationality | German |
| Citizenship | German |
| Alma mater | Schlesischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Breslau |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Breslau University Botanical Garden |
| Thesis | Monographie der Gattung Daphniphyllum ("Monograph of the genus Daphniphyllum") (1916) |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | K.Rosenth. |
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