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Forensic medicine in the German Democratic Republic
H Strauch1, I Wirth, G Geserick
1Institute of Legal Medicine, Humboldt University, Campus Charité Mitte, Hannoversche Strasse 6, 10115 Berlin, Germany. hansjuerg.strauch@charite.de
Abstract:
Forensic medicine services were resumed in the territory of the Soviet occupation zone in early summer 1945. One coherent legal system was established, following the foundation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), 7 October 1949. Forensic medicine was subject of teaching and examinations from the very outset. Sub-specialisation (fellowship) was introduced in 1955. The Gesellschaft für Gerichtliche Medizin der DDR (GDR Society of Forensic Medicine) was established in 1967 and began to organise with high continuity a wide-ranging variety of scientific events. Almost all administrative districts had their own institute of forensic medicine by 1990.