Article ID: CBB000831639

Neuropathology in Germany during World War II: Julius Hallervorden (1882--1965) and the Nazi Programme of “Euthanasia” (2007)

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In Germany during World War II, more than 120,000 handicapped children and adults were murdered for the convenience of the State. To gain scientific knowledge, the brains of many of these patients were examined by German neuropathologists. Some 698 of these specimens were examined in the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Hirnforschung in Berlin-Buch by Julius Hallervorden whose career is reviewed together with that of his superior, Hugo Spatz. Hallervorden also oversaw the examination of cases of mental handicap by W-J Eiche at a laboratory at the Hospital Brandenburg-Gorden. Also in Berlin was Berthold Ostertag, neuropathologist at the Rudolf-Virchow-Hospital, who examined cases from the Children's Ward at Wiesengrund. Smaller but significant numbers of brains were examined in Munich, Heidelberg, Hamburg and Schleswig. Some brains of similar origin were examined in Vienna and in Lubliniecz. Jürgen Peiffer has estimated that German neuropathologists examined 2097 brains arising from the Nazi Programme of `Euthanasia'.

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Authors & Contributors
Lisa A. Bitterich
Topp, Sascha
Schmidt, Ulf
Benedict, Susan
Dominik Gross
Shields, Linda
Concepts
National Socialism
Euthanasia
World War II
Medicine and politics
Medicine and ethics
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Places
Germany
Nuremberg (Germany)
Norway
France
Croatia
Great Britain
Institutions
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
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