Erna Lesky (geb. Klingenstein), Univ.-Prof. DDr.

geb. 05/22/1911, Hartberg, Austria
gest. 11/17/1986, Innsbruck, Austria

Ehrung
Gate of Remembrance 1998/99 (until 2023/24)

The honor is classified as "problematic" in 2022/23 due to Erna Lesky's involvement in National Socialism. As a young doctor, Lesky was involved in the League of German Girls (BDM), was a member of the NSDAP (as was her husband Albin Lesky) and from 1940 to 1945 was the medical director of a "Mother and Child" home of the National Socialist People's Welfare (NSV), was the infant and child welfare officer for the Tyrol-Vorarlberg region, an active member of the "NS-Frauenschaft", the "Deutsches Frauenwerk" and the "NSD-Ärztebund".