The daughter of a Jewish dermatologist discovers his Jewish heritage only when the Nazis revoke her father’s medical licence.
Ursula Randt (1929–2007) grew up in Hamburg as the daughter of Jewish dermatologist Dr Egon Klebe (1887–1957) and his non-Jewish wife Johanna Klebe (née Krumm). It was only when her father’s medical licence was revoked in 1938 that she learned about his Jewish heritage. In 1939, he left for the USA. The rest of the family remained in Hamburg and faced a great deal of discrimination until the end of the war. After the war, Ursula Randt became a teacher, and in the 1960s, she began working at what was once the Jewish girls’ school in Hamburg. In 1989, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hamburg for her research on the history of the city’s Jewish schools.