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My father, Robert Ernst, was teaching as an architect at the technical high school of our city.

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Richard Ernst
Age: 87 †
Born: 1933
Born: August 14
Died: 2021
Died: June 4
Chemist
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Winterthur ZH
Richard Robert Ernst
Ernst RR
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