caption death_date death_place children birth_place nationality birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name occupation
nicolae blatt 15 april 1965 frankfurt , west germany erica blatt harkins pintic , austria-hungary romanian 24 june 1890 contribution to the ophtalmological practice and research in romania marta scheiner -lrb- 1904 & ndash ; 1972 -rrb- nicolae_blatt , _ middle_age . jpg nicolae blatt
 nicolae blatt ophthalmologist
nicolae blatt

nicolae blatt -lrb- 24 june 1890 -- 15 april 1965 -rrb- was a romanian ophthalmologist , surgeon , and medical researcher .
he was the founder of the first romanian journal of ophthalmology , `` revista de oftalmologie '' and he published numerous research papers and monographs in foreign ophthalmology journals .
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he was the official ophthalmologist to the romanian royal court from 1931 to 1947 and during wwii secretly helped queen helen of romania rescue jewish families from concentration camps .
blatt held the positions of university professor , chair of the clinic and laboratories of the department of ophthalmology at the university hospital of timișoara , and the position of chair of ophthalmology at the `` institute for specialization and perfecting of physicians '' that was part of carol davila medical university in bucharest .
he was a pioneer in research into trachoma , congenital cataracts , modern extracapsular cataract extraction , corneal transplantation and strabismus .
during the cold war the romanian communist party victimized him because of his past relations , scientific and political views .
after the publication of his journal in bucharest in 1949 , he was labeled a `` traitor and enemy of the glorious romanian popular republic '' .
he succeeded to leave romania in 1964 .
shortly before his death he was nominated guest professor of ophthalmology , and given a research laboratory , at the goethe university frankfurt in west germany .
