[The pathologist Friedrich Feyrter in National Socialism]
1Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin, Centre for Health and Society, Medizinische Fakultät, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Postfach 1114, 40225, Düsseldorf, Deutschland. Timo.Baumann@uni-duesseldorf.de.
Background:
Up until now, very little has been reported about the important pathologist Friedrich Feyrter in the time of National Socialism.
Objectives:
What was Feyrter's attitude towards National Socialism?
Methods:
Bibliographic and previously unevaluated archival sources were subjected to a historical-critical examination.
Results:
Feyrter was a member of the Nazi Party. In 1938 and 1950 he gave contradictory information concerning the year he joined the party.
Conclusions:
At the very least, he was a political opportunist.
