Herta herzog biography of albert

Biography

Herta Herzog was born on August 14, 1910, in Vienna to a family of Jewish origin (although converted to Catholicism^[1]) profoundly affected by the events of the First World War.

During her secondary studies she developed a passion for ancient languages and enrolled at the University of Vienna. While there, she serendipitously attended a lecture given by Karl Bühler, a German leading scholar of linguistics and director (along with his wife, Charlotte Bühler) of the Institute of Psychology in Vienna; a lecture which sparked her interest in psychology.^[2]

The Institute of Psychology – within which the Viennese School of Applied Social Research was set up and developed – had a strong impact on Herta Herzog’s life as a rich source of intellectual and personal development.

It was in this context that she crossed paths with several prominent female scholars, such as Charlotte Bühler, Else Frenkel, Käte Wolf, and Marie Jahoda, who introduced her