Person

Hirsch, Henri

1877–1938

Emigrant. "In 1935 Henri Hirsch developed a way to use x-ray radiation to treat cancer, a discovery that brought him to the attention of Nazi authorities. He fled to his brother Sigmund (Sigi), who lived in Genova, Italy, and then went to Merano, Italy"(Leo Baeck Institute: http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=2034435).