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I was born as the son of an internist and a Red Cross nurse, in Central Europe, just before the advent of Nazism. During my youth, the experiences of World War II and its aftermath created a lasting aversion to nationalistic hatreds that destroyed the multi-national Austro-Hungarian state that some of my ancestors had served with distinction. An important childhood influence had been my grandfather, whose library was filled withhold geographic and ethnographic works, inspiring an early interest in “exotic” lands and peoples. I was also fascinated by heraldry, which later led me to the study of the semiotic and psychological aspects of national and political symbols, which I am still pursuing. My family experienced the material hardships of WW2 while my father was away during military service and then interned in Russian POW camps. Accordingly, from my early teenager years, I was forced to earn money doing odd jobs. Nevertheless, I was determined to finish secondary school and go on to university. After taking courses in history, geography, and literature, I decided to follow the family tradition of medicine, studying at the universities of Munich, Innsbruck and Vienna, from 1950 to 1956.

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Vol. 8 Núm.3. Diciembre 2006 Pags. 149-151 Inv salud 2006; VIII(3)