Tags

Type your tag names separated by a space and hit enter

[Ernst Rüdin: distinguished scientist, radical racial hygienist].
Nervenarzt. 2012 Mar; 83(3):303-10.N

Abstract

Ernst Rüdin (1874–1952) was one of the founders of psychiatric genetics. From 1931 until 1945, he was Director of the German Institute for Psychiatric Research (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Psychiatrie, DFA) and from 1935 until 1945 President of the German Association of Neurologists and Psychiatrists. The historical knowledge on Rüdin is reconsidered, using new sources, and with a focus on Rüdin’s involvement in the Nazi program of patient killings („euthanasia"). It is documented that (1) it is a misconception to interpret psychiatric genetics as „instrumentalised" by the Nazi regime; (2) Rüdin belonged to the group of psychiatric perpetrators who worked to give the Nazi selection policies scientific authority; (3) Rüdin knew early on about the patient killings and refused to support others in their efforts to stop them; and (4) the research in the context of the patient killings carried out by Julius Deussen, a member of Rüdin’s team at the DFA, was initiated and actively supported by Rüdin, and co-financed by the DFA.

Links

Publisher Full Text (DOI)

Authors+Show Affiliations

Roelcke V
Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Universität Gieβen, Jheringstr. 6, 35392 Gieβen. volker.roelcke@histor.med.uni-giessen.de

MeSH

EugenicsEuthanasiaGermanyHistory, 20th CenturyHolocaustNational SocialismPrejudicePsychiatryScience

Pub Type(s)

Biography
English Abstract
Historical Article
Journal Article

Language

ger

PubMed ID

22314709

Citation

Roelcke, V. "[Ernst Rüdin: Distinguished Scientist, Radical Racial Hygienist]." Der Nervenarzt, vol. 83, no. 3, 2012, pp. 303-10.
Roelcke V. [Ernst Rüdin: distinguished scientist, radical racial hygienist]. Nervenarzt. 2012;83(3):303-10.
Roelcke, V. (2012). [Ernst Rüdin: distinguished scientist, radical racial hygienist]. Der Nervenarzt, 83(3), 303-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00115-011-3391-7
Roelcke V. [Ernst Rüdin: Distinguished Scientist, Radical Racial Hygienist]. Nervenarzt. 2012;83(3):303-10. PubMed PMID: 22314709.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - JOUR T1 - [Ernst Rüdin: distinguished scientist, radical racial hygienist]. A1 - Roelcke,V, PY - 2012/2/9/entrez PY - 2012/2/9/pubmed PY - 2012/7/18/medline SP - 303 EP - 10 JF - Der Nervenarzt JO - Nervenarzt VL - 83 IS - 3 N2 - Ernst Rüdin (1874–1952) was one of the founders of psychiatric genetics. From 1931 until 1945, he was Director of the German Institute for Psychiatric Research (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Psychiatrie, DFA) and from 1935 until 1945 President of the German Association of Neurologists and Psychiatrists. The historical knowledge on Rüdin is reconsidered, using new sources, and with a focus on Rüdin’s involvement in the Nazi program of patient killings („euthanasia"). It is documented that (1) it is a misconception to interpret psychiatric genetics as „instrumentalised" by the Nazi regime; (2) Rüdin belonged to the group of psychiatric perpetrators who worked to give the Nazi selection policies scientific authority; (3) Rüdin knew early on about the patient killings and refused to support others in their efforts to stop them; and (4) the research in the context of the patient killings carried out by Julius Deussen, a member of Rüdin’s team at the DFA, was initiated and actively supported by Rüdin, and co-financed by the DFA. SN - 1433-0407 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/22314709/[Ernst_Rüdin:_distinguished_scientist_radical_racial_hygienist]_ L2 - https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00115-011-3391-7 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -