Lesky, Albin

o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.

07.07.1896–28.02.1981

Born in Graz, Austria
Died in Innsbruck, Austria

Albin Lesky (1896–1981), Klassische Philologie

Albin Lesky, o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.

Honor Title Faculty Date
Honorary Senator sen.h.c. Faculty of Philosophy 1966
Gate of Remembrance Lesky Gate Faculty of Humanities 1998/99 (until 2023/24)

Albin Lesky was honored in 1998 by naming one of the "Gates of Remembrance" on the campus of the University of Vienna after him and his wife Erna Lesky (Lesky Gate, passageway from Court 3 to Court 13, near "Narrenturm"). In November 2023, the Senate of the University of Vienna decided to discontinue the honor as part of the redesign of the "Gates of Remembrance" due to the active involvement of the Lesky couple in National Socialism.

The honors are classified as "problematic" in 2022/23 due to Albin Lesky's involvement in National Socialism. Lesky was already involved in the German national-ethnic association "Südmark" in the 1920s. He was a party member from December 15, 1938 (as was his wife Erna Lesky). He was involved in "Aktion Ritterbusch" (wartime use of the humanities in Nazi war propaganda, aimed at selection, deportation and genocide).

Funktion Zeitraum Fakultät
Dekan*in 1958/59 Philosophische Fakultät
Rektor 1963/64
Albin Lesky (1896–1981), Klassische Philologie
Albin Lesky als Rektor der Universität Wien 1963/64
Prorektor Albin Lesky und Minister Theodor Piffl-Percevic bei der feierlichen Inauguration des Rektors Karl Fellinger
Akademischer Senat der Universität Wien, Studienjahr 1964/65
Ehrenzeichenüberreichung im BMU an Albin Lesky, Herbert Hunger und Alfred Verdroß [Verdross]

Classical Philology

Faculty of Philosophy

Literature and printed sources

Felicitas Seebacher, Die Leskys. Akademische Karrieren in Netzwerken Politischer Systeme Des 20. Jahrhunderts. Studien Zur Geschichte Und Philosophie Der Wissenschaften. Vol. 1 (Wien 2024).
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Felicitas Seebacher, „Mit Dem Geist Redlichen Dienens“. Die Akademische Karriere Der NSV-Ärztin Und Medizinhistorikerin Erna Lesky. Zeitschrift Für Geschichtswissenschaft 69 (2021) (2021) 1038-1057.
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Peter Autengruber, Birgit Nemec, Oliver Rathkolb, Florian Wenninger, Umstrittene Wiener Straßennamen. Ein Kritisches Lesebuch (Wien 2014).
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Johannes Feichtinger, Herbert Matis, Stefan Sienell, Heidemarie Uhl, Die Akademie Der Wissenschaften in Wien 1938 Bis 1945. Katalog Zur Ausstellung (Wien 2013).
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Alfred Ebenbauer, Wolfgang Greisenegger, Kurt Mühlberger, Historie Und Geist. Universitätscampus Wien Band 1 (Wien 1998).
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