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Further issues arose when it was discovered that he did not actually have any credential from the University of Vienna, in fact never studying there at all; and in 1991 plagiarism was revealed by stories in both <i>Newsweek</i> and the <i>Washington Post</i>. Extensive allegations of sexual abuse are documented in Richard Pollak's work, <i>The Creation of Dr. B</i>, which also delves further into Bettelheim's deceptions.<p><b>Father:</b> Anton Bettelheim (d. 1926, syphilis)<br><b>Mother:</b> Pauline Seidler<br><b>Wife:</b> Regina Alstadt (m. 1930, div.)<br><b>Wife:</b> Gertrude Weinfeld (m. 14-May-1941, d. 1984 cancer, two daughters, one son)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Ruth<br><b>Daughter:</b> Naomi<br><b>Son:</b> Eric<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/724/000068520/">PhD, University of Vienna (1938, this doctorate was claimed falsely)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/571/000082325/">Associate Professor, Rockford College (1942-44)</a><br> Professor: <a href="/edu/520/000068316/">University of Chicago (1944-73. full professor in 1952)</a><br><p> <a href="/org/811/000055646/">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> <br> <u>American Orthopsychiatric Association</u> Fellow<br> <a href="/org/882/000115537/">American Psychological Association</a> Fellow<br> <a href="/group/501/000055336/">Nazi Concentration Camp Inmate</a> (until 1939)<br> <a href="/event/582/000051429/">Naturalized US Citizen</a> 1944<br> <a href="/event/187/000071971/">Stroke</a> 1987<br> <a href="/lists/385/000047244/">Austrian Ancestry</a> <br> <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/781/000064589/">Depression</a>, <a href="/lists/783/000064591/">Diabetes</a>, <a href="/lists/788/000064596/">Arthritis</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/423/000036315/">Zelig (15-Jul-1983)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Is the subject of books:</b><br> <i>The Creation of Dr. B: A Biography of Bruno Bettelheim</i>, <tt>1997</tt>, <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-1>BY:</font> Richard Pollack<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Love Is Not Enough</i> (<tt>1950</tt>)<br><i>Truants from Life</i> (<tt>1954</tt>)<br><i>Symbolic Wounds: Puberty Rites and the Envious Male</i> (<tt>1954</tt>)<br><i>The Informed Heart</i> (<tt>1960</tt>)<br><i>Children of the Dream</i> (<tt>1962</tt>)<br><i>The Empty Fortress</i> (<tt>1967</tt>)<br><i>The Uses of Enchantment</i> (<tt>1976</tt>)<br><i>On Learning to Read</i> (<tt>1982</tt>, with Karen Zelan)<br><i>Freud and Man's Soul</i> (<tt>1983</tt>)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=115584"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=115584">Bruno Bettelheim</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=115584" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>