Recognizing the Past in the Present
Recognizing the Past in the Present: New Studies on Medicine before, during, and after the Holocaust

Recognizing the Past in the Present: New Studies on Medicine before, during, and after the Holocaust


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Following decades of silence about the involvement of doctors, medical researchers and other health professionals in the Holocaust and other National Socialist (Nazi) crimes, scholars in recent years have produced a growing body of research that reveals the pervasive extent of that complicity. This interdisciplinary collection of studies presents documentation of the critical role medicine played in realizing the policies of Hitler’s regime. It traces the history of Nazi medicine from its roots in the racial theories of the 1920s, through its manifestations during the Nazi period, on to legacies and continuities from the postwar years to the present.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Foreword William E. Seidelman Introduction to the Volume: Recognizing the Past in the Present Sabine Hildebrandt, Miriam Offer, and Michael A. Grodin Part I: The Past Chapter 1. Non-Mechanistic Explanatory Styles in Interwar German Racial Theory: A Comparison of Hans F. K. Günther and Ludwig Ferdinand Clauß Amit Varshizky Chapter 2. From “Racial Surveys” to Medical Experiments in Prisoner of War Camps Margit Berner Chapter 3. "Der Doktor":  The Writings of Mordechai Lensky During the Interwar Period Miriam Offer Chapter 4. Rabbinic Responsa During the Holocaust: The Life-for-Life Problem Johnathan I. Kelly, Erin L. Miller, Rabbi Joseph Polak, Robert Kirschner, and Michael A. Grodin Chapter 5. Un(B)earable: Pregnant Bodies and Obstetrical Genocide‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ Annette Finley-Croswhite Chapter 6. “Complete Mastery of the Subject”: The Connection between Forced Sterilization and Gynecological Fertility Research in National Socialism Gabriele Czarnowski Chapter 7. Deference, Pragmatism, Ideology: The Medical Student Kurt Gerstein and the Predicament of Ethical Conduct under National Socialism Mathias Schütz Chapter 8. Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910–1945): A Career at the Interface of Hitler, Himmler and Ravensbrück Concentration Camp Stephanie Kaiser and Mathias Schmidt Chapter 9. Between Participation in National Socialist Medicine and Everyday Administrative Action: On the Economic Argument of the Psychiatric Planning Commission (1941–1945) Felicitas Söhner Chapter 10. Dentists in National Socialist (Nazi) Germany: A Fragmented Profession Matthis Krischel Chapter 11. Only Following Orders? Aviation Medicine in Nazi Germany Alexander von Lünen Chapter 12. Blood and Bones from Auschwitz: The Mengele Link Paul J. Weindling Part II: The Present: Postwar Continuities, Legacies, and Reflections Chapter 13. Renewed Trauma:  Abraham De La Penha’s Testimony against Dr Franz Lucas in the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial Andrew Wisely Chapter 14. “Schluss mit der Rassenschande!” From Separation to Extermination: The Fate of Jewish Mentally Ill Patients in Germany and Occupied Poland 1939–42 Kamila Uzarczyk Chapter 15. “Since she was in Auschwitz the patient feels that she is being persecuted”: Holocaust Survivors and Austrian Psychiatry after World War II Herwig Czech Chapter 16. “To Prevent Further Unfounded Aly Constructions” Götz Aly Chapter 17. Baneful Medicine and a Radical Bioethics in Contemporary Art Andrew Weinstein Chapter 18. The History of the Vienna Protocol Sabine Hildebrandt, Joseph A. Polak, Michael A. Grodin, and William E. Seidelman Conclusion: The Past in the Present and the Future Index

About the Author :
Sabine Hildebrandt is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and serves as an anatomy educator at Harvard Medical School. She is the author of The Anatomy of Murder: Ethical Transgressions and Anatomical Science during the Third Reich (Berghahn, 2016).

Review :
“This collection of scholarly papers illustrates the ongoing, unfinished nature of historical research on the Holocaust and medicine, broadly defined…This sobering book is important reading for anyone interested in Jewish or medical history or in the impact of values, ideology, and ethics on scientific practice…Highly Recommended.” • Choice “This volume offers new research and insights on a range of issues not often covered in the extant historical literature. Its mix of topics and perspectives is a particular virtue, ranging from the history of medicine to Jewish religious practice, gender, biographical and institutional studies, and the 'postwar continuities and legacies’ that are a particular emphasis and strength of the volume.” • Geoffrey Cocks, Professor Emeritus of History at Albion College


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  • ISBN-13: 9781805393351
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Berghahn Books
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 412
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  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1805393359
  • Publisher Date: 05 Jul 2024
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
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  • Sub Title: New Studies on Medicine before, during, and after the Holocaust


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