The hepatopathologist Hans Popper (1903–1988)

In 1988, the “father of modern hepatology” Hans Popper died. His medical merits are numerous and outstanding and have already been praised many times. In particular, his research on liver diseases has gained widespread recognition. Much less well known is the fact that Popper was dismissed from the University of Vienna due to his Jewish ancestry after the “Anschluss” (“annexation”) of Austria to the Third Reich and subsequently emigrated to the USA.