Dr. Maximilian Eitelberg

Maximilian Eitelberg was born in Vienna as the legitimate son of the well-known ear specialist Abraham Josef Eitelberg and Jetty, née Pordes. A Jewish doctor from Tarnopol in Galicia [today: Tarnopil in Ukraine], Abraham Eitelberg graduated in medicine from the University of Vienna [today: Medical University of Vienna] in 1878 and, together with his wife Jetty, who was also Jewish, had four children, Maximilian, Cornelius and twins Gertrude and Melanie.

After elementary school, Maximilian attended the Akademisches Gymnasium in Vienna, where he graduated in 1895. In the same year, he enrolled in law at the University of Vienna and was awarded a doctorate in law in 1899.

After his legal internship, Maximilian Eitelberg set up his own business as a lawyer in Vienna. In 1920, he married Else Billitz and became the father of Friedrich Eitelberg in 1924.