Hledání jména věčného... aneb Příběh Bertholda Epsteina
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Pediatrician Berthold Epstein, born in 1890 in Pilsen, studied medicine in Prague, where he qualified and later became the head of the Children's Clinic of the German University. At the end of 1938, he had to leave the university because of his Jewish origin. He and his wife managed to go into exile in Norway, where, however, they were arrested and deported to the concentration camp in Auschwitz after the German occupation. The wife died there not long after.
Josef Mengele learned about Professor Epstein, who was allowed to work as a nurse in Auschwitz, and requested him as an involuntary helper for his experiments. After the liberation of the concentration camp, Epstein remained in Auschwitz as a doctor and then joined Svobodov's 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps, with which he returned to Prague in May 1945. Not all of his former Czech colleagues welcomed him with enthusiasm. Nevertheless, at the end of 1949 he became the head of the Children's Department of Na Bulovce Hospital and won numerous awards for his work in the field of pediatrics. He died in Prague in 1962. His life is connected with various historical stages, from the Austro-Hungarian monarchy to the post-war period in what was then Czechoslovakia.
