▁" re construct ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁this ▁brave ▁group ▁of ▁profession als , ▁who ▁despite ▁the ▁odd s , ▁succeeded ▁in ▁a ▁foreign ▁country ▁which ▁did ▁not ▁want ▁them ". ▁ ▁He ▁re created ▁the ▁bi ograph ies ▁of ▁refuge e ▁dent al ▁sur ge ons , ▁and ▁ass essed ▁their ▁qual ifications ▁and ▁skills ▁as ▁a ▁missed ▁opportunity ▁for ▁impro ving ▁the ▁quantity ▁and ▁quality ▁of ▁inter war ▁British ▁dent al ▁surg ery . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁he ▁established ▁many ▁contacts ▁with ▁surv iving ▁refuge es ▁and ▁their ▁families , ▁assemb ling ▁a ▁unique ▁compilation ▁of ▁sources . ▁His ▁research ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁by ▁ ▁medical ▁historian ▁Paul ▁We ind ling ▁as ▁" out standing " ▁and ▁" exception al ". ▁Zam et ▁compared ▁dent al ▁training ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Vienna ▁with ▁that ▁in ▁Britain ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁con cluding ▁that ▁the ▁" d il ap id ated ▁state ▁of ▁British ▁dent al ▁health ▁and ▁dent istry " ▁at ▁that ▁time ▁was ▁a ▁" c ott age ▁industry ". ▁Despite ▁demonstr ating ▁a ▁British ▁need ▁for ▁them , ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 6 0 ▁V ienn ese ▁dent al ▁sur ge ons ▁( st om at olog ists ) ▁that ▁applied ▁to ▁the ▁General ▁Medical ▁Council ▁( G MC ) ▁to ▁register ▁on ▁the ▁D ental ▁Register , ▁there ▁being ▁no ▁General ▁D ental ▁Council ▁until ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁only ▁ 4 1 ▁were ▁granted ▁registration , ▁and ▁only ▁after ▁re