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This article discusses the life and career of Alfred A. Strauss, a neurologist and psychiatrist who was forced to emigrate multiple times due to the rise of Hitler and the Nazi regime. Strauss began his medical studies in Germany and later worked in Spain and Switzerland before eventually settling in the United States. He made significant contributions to the field of neurology, particularly in the study of brain-injured children and learning disabilities. Despite facing challenges and discrimination, Strauss's career flourished, and he became a respected figure in the field. [Extracted from the article]

Hoefer likely benefited from continuously being in one institution and not being uprooted like he had been a decade earlier; Putnam left Columbia in 1947 and Houston Merritt took over as head of the Institute in 1948, but Hoefer stayed there [[8]]. Hoefer had known Merritt also since Boston, and Merritt provided an affidavit for Hoefer's 1939 American naturalization [[9]]; thus, he likely supported Hoefer. Keywords: Paul Friedrich Adam Hoefer; Neurologist refugee; History of neurology EN Paul Friedrich Adam Hoefer Neurologist refugee History of neurology 6181 6183 3 10/13/22 20221101 NES 221101 Some recent articles have explored the fates of pioneering neuroscientists who were displaced from pre-World War II Germany, including Munich's Felix Plaut [[1]]. [Extracted from the article]

Felix Plaut was born on July 7, 1877 in Kassel, Germany [[1]]. Plaut characterized neuropsychiatric features of syphilitic infection, and described "Plaut's hallucinosis" [[6]] while investigating disease pathogenesis. In October 1935, Plaut was suspended by letter from acting institute director Ernst Rüdin, who had replaced Spielmeyer in 1931. [Extracted from the article]