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JOURNAL OF CHILD NEUROLOGY
卷 29, 期 7, 页码 1002-1010出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813486558
关键词
Hans Berger; EEG; Third Reich; Nazi; forced sterilization
资金
- Nuveen International Development Fund Award from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Office of International Affairs
Hans Berger was a German neuropsychiatrist and head of the neurology department at the University of Jena, who discovered the human electroencephalogram (EEG). Many sources state that Berger was forced into retirement and suicide by the Nazis because he was at odds with the regime. In fact, Berger helped select his Nazi successor Berthold Kihn (complicit in euthanasia murders), financially supported the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS), and was a willing participant on Nazi genetic health higher courts that reviewed appeals for forced sterilizations of neuropsychiatric patients. His motivations could be related to avoiding Nazi harassment, indoctrination by Nazi ideology, or less likely, career opportunism. His actions stand in contrast to colleagues who partially resisted the Nazis, and hopefully will serve as an example to future generations of neurologists regarding the danger of allowing one's professional standing to be used as a tool to support the policies of tyranny and oppression.
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