Leonardo Herlitzka

Leonardo Herlitzka (Torino 30 novembre 1904 - Torino 20 aprile 1977) si era laureato a Torino in Medicina il 9 luglio 1929 e aveva conseguito la libera docenza in Patologia speciale medica il 20 maggio 1937. Decadde dall’abilitazione alla libera docenza con DM 18 marzo 1939; espatriò con la famiglia a Buenos Aires, dove riprese a svolgere attività scientifica e didattica presso la locale Università. Con DM 5 febbraio 1947, su proposta del Consiglio della Facoltà di Medicina di Torino, gli venne confermata la libera docenza.

For a detailed and accomplished biography by Dr. Valeria Graffone at “ Intelettuali in Fuga” :
https://intellettualinfuga.com/it/Herlitzka/Leonardo/343 ( italian version)

https://intellettualinfuga.com/en/Herlitzka/Leonardo/343 ( english version)

https://scienzaevergognaunito.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/leonardo-her...

He had arrived to Buenos Aires on June 26, 1939, on board at the Alsina from Marseille ( France) . His parents and brothers had arrived before to Argentina.
He was married with a french/sirian women born at Cairo in Egypt, her name was Simone ( or Simona) but that marriage didn’t last. They have arrived together in Argentina.
By 1940 he was working at the Instituto Massone , a high innovative medical laboratory in Buenos Aires.
By 1941 he is recorded as doing a postgrade as a doctor at the Facultad de Ciencias Medicas of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata ( La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
He returned to Turin in Italy with his family after the war finished.