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Medical ethics -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Elisabeth Kalt correspondence

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049036693]
Identifier: 6228
Abstract A collection of 16 letters between Dr. Elisabeth Kalt (1903-1961) and her husband Bertram Kalt ranging from July 23, 1940 to January 20, 1943. Dr. Kalt was a female psychiatrist who began her career in 1933, as the Nazi Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) was gaining power in Germany. During the war, Dr. Kalt was separated from her newlywed husband -- who was stationed across the country in Munich -- and kept in touch with him by...
Dates: 1940 - 1943

Neuruppin Institute psychiatric file on Fritz Seelig

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275049036719]
Identifier: 6227
Abstract The Neuruppin Institute psychiatric file on Fritz Seelig consists of a psychiatric file documenting one of the first victims of involuntary sterilization at the Neuruppin Institute (Landesanstalt Neuruppin) in Berlin. Fritz Seelig was recommended to the Neuruppin Institute at the age of 10 by the public school system. Clinic doctors made a request for Seelig's sterilization in September 1934, on the grounds that it would be a necessary safety precaution in...
Dates: 1919 - 1946