Emanuel Tanay (March 5, 1928 – August 5, 2014) was a Polish-American physician, a forensic psychiatrist, and a Jewish Holocaust survivor.
Emanuel Tanay | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 5, 1928 Wilno, Poland |
| Died | August 5, 2014 (aged 86) |
| Occupation(s) | physician, psychiatrist |
Early life edit
Tanay was born in Wilno, Poland on March 5, 1928, but the family soon moved to Miechów, a small community just north of Kraków.[1] His mother, Betty Tenenwurzel, was both a physician and dentist and his father, Bunim Tenenwurzel, was a dentist. He survived by being hidden in the Catholic monastery of Mogila in Kraków, Poland.[2]
In 1943 Tanay escaped from occupied Poland with his mother and sister to Slovakia and then Hungary. They were liberated in January 1945 in Budapest.[3] He immigrated to the United States after World War II. He did his psychiatric residency at Elgin State Hospital in Elgin, Illinois.
Career edit
Tanay was Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Wayne State University Medical School in Detroit, Michigan.[4][5]
Death edit
Tanay died on August 5, 2014, following a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He was 86.[6]
Books edit
- American Legal Injustice: Behind the Scenes with an Expert Witness. 2010, Jason Aronson.
- Passport to Life: Autobiographical Reflections on the Holocaust. 2004, Forensic Press.
- The Murderers: 1976, Bobbs-Merrill.
Hoax edit
A fictional report "A German's View on Islam" falsely attributed to Dr. Tanay is often quoted in relation to Islamist terrorism.[7][8]
External links edit
References edit
- ^ [1] Emanuel Tanay - March 16, 1987, Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive.
- ^ "The Religious roots of the Holocaust," Emannuel Tanay, in Holocaust scholars write to the Vatican," Harry J. Cargas, ed., Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998, pp. 85. ff.
- ^ Tanay, Emanuel. "A man without a country". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ [2] Virginia Tech Mass Murder: A Forensic Psychiatrist's Perspective, Emanuel Tanay, MD, J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 35:2:152-153 (2007).
- ^ [3] Emanuel Tanay on LinkedIn (public page)
- ^ Emanuel Tanay Obituary
- ^ "A German's View on Islam". Snopes.com. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ ""A German's View on Islam" by Dr. Emanuel Tanay-Fiction!". archive.ph. 2014-11-23. Archived from the original on 2014-11-23. Retrieved 2021-07-13.