Biography and Biographical Database of Professor Gyula Vészi.

Abstract

In November of 1918 the 30 years old Gyula Vészi of Jewish religion was appointed to „ordinary and public university professor” by king Charles Habsburg IV.. At the same time Vészi got the direction of the Department of Physiology at the recently founded Debrecen University as well. The later printed documents however lack all details regarding this event, since from the after-war period to 1945 in Hungary university tenures were denied for Jews. Gyula Vészi - being the last Jewish professor appointed in Hungary - has got his tenure in 18th September 1918 and took his oath 30 days later. He took also part in the opening session of the medical department, but he couldn’t begin his activity, since he died in the Spanish flu epidemic two weeks after his initiation. Gyula Vészi’s name is still lacking from comprehensive biographical works. Present article attempts to fill the gap by a detailed documentation and by analysis of the rich archival material of the Hungarian state offices.