Biography of Otto Selz
Otto Selz was the President of the Handelshochschule Mannheim (later renamed as University of Mannheim) where he conducted research in theoretical and applied psychology. On account of his Jewish ancestry, he had to resign from this position in 1930. 13 years later, he was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
| 14 February 1881 | Born the son of financier Sigmund Selz and his wife Laura Selz, née Wassermann, in the city of Munich |
| 1899 | Abitur in Munich |
| 1899 -1901 | Selz studies law in Berlin and Munich, while also attending lectures on psychology and philosophy (Lipps, Stumpf, Dyroff, Brentano) |
| 1907 | Second examination for higher judicial and administrative services |
| 1907 -1909 | Selz studies philosophy in Munich |
| 1909 | Doctorate in philosophy in Munich (doctoral supervisor: Lipps) |
| 1912 | Habilitation in Bonn |
| 1912 -1921 | Senior academic staff member (Privatdozent) for philosophy and psychology in Bonn |
| 1915 -1918 | Military service |
| 1921 -1923 | Professor extraordinarius of legal philosophy in Bonn |
| 1923 -1933 | Professor ordinarius of philosophy, psychology, and pedagogy at the Handelshochschule Mannheim |
| 1929 -1930 | President of the Handelshochschule Mannheim |
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1933/ | Selz is released from his work duties as teacher and pensioned off |
| 1938 | Imprisonment in the Dachau concentration camp; release after five weeks |
| 1939 | Emigration to the Netherlands |
| 1939 -1943 | Teaching and research activities (partly unofficial) in Amsterdam |
| 1941 | Loss of German citizenship |
| 24 July 1943 | Detention and imprisonment in the Westerbork concentration camp |
| 24 August 1943 | Transport to the Auschwitz concentration camp |
| 27 August 1943 | Death in Auschwitz |