Karl Targownik

Karl Targownik
Karl Targownik
Born	Karl Kalman Targownik; June 17, 1915; Budapest, Hungary
Died	January 2, 1996 (aged 80)
Nationality	Hungarian
Occupation	Psychiatrist

^[1] Karl Kalman Targownik (June 17, 1915 – January 2, 1996) was a

Holocaust

survivor.

Dr. Karl Targownik was born in

Auschwitz camp. At 29 years old and a mere 80 pounds (36 kg), Targownik was liberated on April 29, 1945 from the Dachau

camp.

Soon after liberation, Targownik obtained his medical degree and practiced in

Midwest

. He was named Kansan of the Year in 1976 by the newspaper of Topeka, Kansas.

Dr. Targownik worked and led the Kansas Reception & Diagnostic Center, a State Prison outside of Topeka. It was one of the few remaining institutions for new, incoming state prisoners, where they could be evaluated medically, psychologically and educationally. A team of clinicians would then recommend the level of placement in the state prison system. This Reception & Diagnostic concept followed from Dr. Karl Menninger's philosophy of criminal rehabilitation, as written about in his book, "The Crime of Punishment"

Targownik continued to speak and give interviews through the end of his life, which was complicated by

Parkinson's

diseases. He died at 80 on January 2, 1996, at his Topeka home.

References

^ American Psychiatric Association. Biographical directory of the fellows and members of the American Psychiatric Association, as of October 1, 1977 New York, N.Y. : Bowker, 1977. (OCoLC) 3787223

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[1] American Psychiatric Association. Biographical directory of the fellows and members of the American Psychiatric Association, as of October 1, 1977 New York, N.Y. : Bowker, 1977. (OCoLC) 3787223

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