Eduard Bloch
Dr. Eduard Bloch (30 January 1872 – 1 June 1945) was an Austrian
doctor practicing in
Linz, who, for many years until 1907, was the family doctor of
Adolf Hitler and
his family. When Hitler's mother,
Klara, was dying of
breast cancer, Bloch billed the family at a reduced cost and sometimes refused to bill them outright. An
Austrian Jew, Bloch was awarded special protection by Hitler who personally intervened to ensure his safety following the German
annexation of Austria in 1938. Following
Kristallnacht and the escalation of
anti-Jewish sentiment in Germany, Hitler allowed Bloch to emigrate to the
United States, where he lived until his death in 1945, succumbing to stomach cancer.
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