Richard Schatzki

Richard Schatzki (1901–1992) was a German-American radiologist. He was born in Clafeld, Germany on February 22, 1901. In 1933, Nazi leadership declared that no one of Jewish background could hold a position in German governmental facilities. As a result, Schatzki was forced to leave his University Hospital position. Four months later, Schatzki moved to America with his wife Greta and young son Stefan. They were the first Schatzkis to leave Germany, although other family members would join them in America in the years leading up to the war as conditions in Germany deteriorated further. Upon leaving his home nation, Germany, his wife was pregnant with their second son. After arriving in the United States, George Schatzki came into the world.