Siegfried Kra, M.D.
Yale University, 2018
Siegfried with his parents, Mr. Henry & Mrs. Lucy Kra.
The governess, Fräulein Marlene
Siegfried and Astor
The governess, Marlene, and little Siegfried between two friends on the beach.
A piece of coal, Siegfried took with them when they fled Danzig, and still has today.
Sign of the Sopot resort town.
Father (Henry) and Mother (Lucy) on the beach with friends.
The large tube in the picture was given to children on first day of school, in rich families, filled with sweets, marzipans, etc.
Siegfried Kra was born into a wealthy family in Danzig in 1930. After escaping from the Gestapo, they emigrated to New York, where Siegfried learned how to speak English without an accent. He attended CCNY, then went to medical school in France and Switzerland before completing his training in cardiology at Yale. In a half century of practice, he treated tens of thousands of patients, some of whom inspired his fictional story collections. Dr. Kra has published over a dozen books, including What Every Woman Must Know About Heart Disease from Warner Books, and The Three-Legged Stallion from W.W. Norton. His passions include opera, growing orchids, and tennis, which he still plays weekly at age eighty-eight. He also still teaches as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and at Quininipac University Netter School of Medicine.
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