Article ID: CBB295189524

Medizinische Verflechtung und Systemkonkurrenz im Kalten Krieg - Medical Interdependence and System Competition During the Cold War: Poliobekämpfung im geteilten Berlin (2020)

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Der Beitrag untersucht den Umgang mit der gefürchteten Kinderlähmung in der Millionenstadt Berlin nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg bis zum Mauerbau vor dem Hintergrund der politischen Entwicklung und der globalen Bekämpfungsstrategien an der Schnittstelle von Medizin-, Zeit- und Stadtgeschichte. Das von den alliierten Siegermächten 1945 in vier Sektoren aufgeteilte Berlin bildete einen Brennpunkt des Kalten Krieges und galt als Schaufenster der Systemkonkurrenz. Trotzdem entwickelte die seit 1948 administrativ und zunehmend auch infrastrukturell geteilte Stadt in Fragen der Poliobekämpfung aufgrund der räumlichen Verflechtung und der Wahrnehmung von Infektionskrankheiten als grenzüberschreitende Bedrohung ein erstaunliches Maß an Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Experten in Ost- und Westberlin. Von dieser „Politik der kurzen Wege“ und den persönlichen Kontakten profitierten sowohl die gesamte Berliner Bevölkerung als auch die nationale Seuchenbekämpfung in beiden deutschen Staaten. Covering the intersection of medical, contemporary and urban history this article examines the handling of the dreaded polio in the megacity Berlin after World War II up to the erection of the Berlin Wall against the background of political developments and global strategies to combat the disease. Divided into four sectors by the victorious allied powers in 1945, Berlin was a focal point of the Cold War and was considered a showcase for the two competing systems. Despite this, the city, which had been divided administratively since 1948 and increasingly also in terms of infrastructure, developed an astonishing level of cooperation between experts in East and West Berlin in matters of polio control due to the spatial interdependence and the perception of infectious diseases as a cross-border threat. This “policy of short distances” and personal contacts benefited both the entire population of Berlin and the national epidemic control in both German states.

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Authors & Contributors
Scott-Smith, Tom
Andraschke, Udo
Christoph Bernhardt
Carla Assmann
Moss, Timothy
Baum, Emily Lauren
Concepts
Medicine and politics
Public health
Cross-national interaction
Cold War
Urban history
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
20th century, late
Places
Berlin (Germany)
United States
Germany
Philadelphia, PA
Lyon (France)
London (England)
Institutions
Berlin Group (Philosophy)
Wilhelm-Institut für Hirnforschung
World Health Organization (WHO)
Vienna Circle
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
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