Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGertrud Marie Kurth 
Birth29 Jan 1904, Vienna, Austria
Death1999
FatherDr. Jur. Peter Paul Kurth (Kohn) (1879-1924)
MotherDr. Bettina "Betty" Kris (1878-)
Notes for Gertrud Marie Kurth
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Gertrud Maria Kurth was born in 1904 in Vienna, Austria to Paul and Betty Kurth. She was an only child.
Gertrud's father, Paul Kurth was born as Paul Kohn. He changed his name to Kurth after converting to Christianity. He was a prominent lawyer in Vienna and also obtained a Ph.D. in archeology, history of arts and philosophy. He died in 1924.
Gertrud Kurth's mother Betty or Bettina Kurth née Kris was a well-known fiction writer before her marriage. In 1902 her novel Vera, One for Many was published with amazing success. She was a French teacher and later on was one ofthe first women to get her Ph.D. degree at the University of Vienna, majoring in art history, archeology and philosophy. She specialized in medieval tapestries. She immigrated to England in 1939, dying there in 1948.
Gertrud Kurth was married to Alois Kieslinger from 1924 to 1927. Upon divorcing she returned to her maiden name Kurth.
Gertrud Kurth graduated in 1931 with a Ph.D. degree at the University of Vienna, majoring in anthropology. Between 1929 and 1932 she worked as a freelance collaborator of a women's magazine. She also wrote various articles focusedon women's interests. Between 1928-1937 many of Gertrud Kurth's short stories were successfully published, and some of them were even dramatized on the radio. From 1934-1938 Gertrud ran her own advertising agency.
Though Gertrud Kurth was born to Lutheran parents and was baptized as a Lutheran, she had to flee Austria in 1939. In 1939 she immigrated to the United States and in 1945 she obtained U.S. citizenship. In 1947 Gertrud Kurth graduated from the New School of Social Research with a Master's degree in sociology and political science. In 1957 she got her Ph.D. from Columbia University in clinical psychology. She published several papers on psychoanalytical topics.
Gertrud Kurth did not have children. She died in 1999.
Gertrud Maria Kurth was born in 1904 in Vienna, Austria to Paul and Betty Kurth. She was an only child.
Gertrud's father, Paul Kurth was born as Paul Kohn. He changed his name to Kurth after converting to Christianity. He was a prominent lawyer in Vienna and also obtained a Ph.D. in archeology, history of arts and philosophy. He died in 1924.
Gertrud Kurth's mother Betty or Bettina Kurth née Kris was a well-known fiction writer before her marriage. In 1902 her novel Vera, One for Many was published with amazing success. She was a French teacher and later on was one ofthe first women to get her Ph.D. degree at the University of Vienna, majoring in art history, archeology and philosophy. She specialized in medieval tapestries. She immigrated to England in 1939, dying there in 1948.
Gertrud Kurth was married to Alois Kieslinger from 1924 to 1927. Upon divorcing she returned to her maiden name Kurth.
Gertrud Kurth graduated in 1931 with a Ph.D. degree at the University of Vienna, majoring in anthropology. Between 1929 and 1932 she worked as a freelance collaborator of a women's magazine. She also wrote various articles focusedon women's interests. Between 1928-1937 many of Gertrud Kurth's short stories were successfully published, and some of them were even dramatized on the radio. From 1934-1938 Gertrud ran her own advertising agency.
Though Gertrud Kurth was born to Lutheran parents and was baptized as a Lutheran, she had to flee Austria in 1939. In 1939 she immigrated to the United States and in 1945 she obtained U.S. citizenship. In 1947 Gertrud Kurth graduated from the New School of Social Research with a Master's degree in sociology and political science. In 1957 she got her Ph.D. from Columbia University in clinical psychology. She published several papers on psychoanalytical topics.
Gertrud Kurth did not have children. She died in 1999.