His single-minded attitude later led him into conflict with the Nazi party when he petitioned to resign in opposition to Nazi insistence that he stop treating Jews.
Issels continued to treat Jewish patients in the face of mounting hostility. Exit visas from Germany were unobtainable. Issels often thought of leaving Germany for Zürich, Switzerland. Hoven, who assisted him in Latin and French.ĭuring the early war years, Dr. From the ages of 8-15, Josef spent his school holidays on a farm, tending animals, sowing and reaping crops - further fostering his interest in nature.ĭuring his teen years, he was tutored by a Dr. Because he was thin and small and bullied, he worked on building up his physical strength through swimming and other sports. Josef entered the Mönchengladbach Gymnasium (primary school) at the age of six.
The war years (1914-1918) were difficult times for the Issels, but the family managed to stay afloat financially. In those devotions he included not only his family, but also creatures of the earth - an early sign of his passion and sensitivity for all life. Josef’s mother taught him to read and say bed-time prayers. His middle names came from a family tradition of naming children after a paternal grandmother and a favorite uncle. Josef Maria Leonhard Issels, MD was born in Mönchengladbach, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on November 21, 1907.
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