Erwin Gohrbandt
Erwin Gohrbandt (September 20, 1890, in
His younger brother Paul Gohrbandt (1896–1975) was also a doctor.
Life
After graduating from high school in Treptow an der Rega in 1910, Gohrbandt studied medicine from 1910 to 1914 at the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy for Military Medical Education in
Before the Second World War
He was then assigned to the Pathological Institute of the Charité. Between 1920 and 1928 he worked at the surgical university clinic of the Charité, from 1924 as senior physician and head of the pediatric surgery department. In 1924, he habilitated in surgery and began teaching. On June 6, 1928, he was appointed Associate Professor of Surgery at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. In the same year, he moved to the city hospital Am Urban as chief physician of the II. Surgical Department.
In 1931, Gohrbandt, with
During Nazi Germany, Gohrbandt was a research assistant for surgical questions in the Social Office of the Reich Youth Leader.
During the Second World War
From August 1939, Gohrbandt was a consultant surgeon to the army and (from 1940) as the inspector of medical services in the Luftwaffe.
With effect from October 1, 1940, he became Head of the Surgical Department at the Municipal Robert Koch Hospital and at the same time became Clinic Director of the Third Appointed Surgical University Clinic. From 1944 he was a member of the scientific advisory board of the General Commissioner for the Sanitation and Health Service Karl Brandt.[1] According to Bernd Luther, he participated in the development of the "freezing experiments" conducted on prisoners of the Dachau concentration camp.[5][verification needed] On October 26 and 27 of 1942 at Deutscher Hog Hotel, Nuremberg, Gohrbandt participated in a secret conference during which Sigmund Rascher and Georg August Weltz spoke on topics related to the freezing experiments. He later published their results in the journal Zentralblatt für Chirurgie in 1945.[6]
Post-war period
In
Honours
- Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class (First World War)
- Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (February 1, 1945)
- Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1952)
- Honorary professorship at the TH Berlin (1956)
- Honorary member of the Berlin Surgical Society (1958)
Works
- 1928: Lehrbuch der Kinderchirurgie, 1928
- 1936: Chirurgische Fragen der Kinderheilkunde in der Praxis, 1936
As an editor
- Zentralblatt für Chirurgie
References
- ^ a b Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich, Frankfurt am Main 2007, S. 191f.
- ^ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 66/461
- ^ Harald Rimmele: Biografie von Dorchen Richter. hirschfeld.in-berlin.de
- ^ "A Trans Timeline". Trans Media Watch. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
- PMID 2270698.
- ISBN 9780195101065. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2024-03-09. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Gohrbandt, Erwin. "Affidavit concerning Oskar Schroeder's professional and personal values". HLS NUREMBERG TRIALS PROJECT. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
- Walther Killy, Rudolf Vierhaus (Hrsg.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie. München 1995–1999
- Rolf Winau, Ekkehard Vaubel: Chirurgen in Berlin: 100 Porträts. Berlin 1983
- Karl Philipp Behrendt: Die Kriegschirurgie von 1939 - 1945 aus der Sicht der Beratenden Chirurgen des deutschen Heeres im Zweiten Weltkrieg. (PDF; 2,3 MB) Dissertation, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2003
- Zum Wirken des Chirurgen Erwin Gohrbandt (1890–1965) für die Berliner Universität, den Magistrat der Stadt und die Berliner Chirurgische Gesellschaft. In: Zeitschrift für ärztliche Fortbildung, 84, 1990, S. 1005–1008