Claus Fritzsche

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Claus Fritzsche (born 1964 ; died on January 14, 2014 ) was a German blogger and lobbyist in the field of homeopathy .

Life

Fritzsche studied business administration with a scholarship from Karstadt AG and completed his studies with a degree in business administration . He described himself as a medical and science journalist and wrote advertising texts for various companies. He worked as a lobbyist for various pharmaceutical companies that manufactured homeopathic products. As of 2011, he received 43,000 euros annually from the companies Deutsche Homöopathie-Union , Biologische Heilmittel Heel , Staufen Pharma , Wala Heilmittel , Weleda and Hevert-Arzneimittel .

On his own websites he criticized the skeptic movement , the Society for the Scientific Investigation of Parascience and the website EsoWatch (later Psiram ), but distanced himself from individual conspiracy theories about psiram. In connection with his criticism of the skeptics, he was accused of unfair journalistic practices, abuse and threats; at the same time he campaigned for controversial treatment methods such as neural therapy . According to a report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung in 2012, several donors distanced themselves from Fritzsche.

Fritzsche lived in Meerbusch in North Rhine-Westphalia . In January 2014, he committed suicide .

reception

After Fritzsche's suicide, Edzard Ernst , the university professor of alternative medicine he had attacked, published a self-critical article about Fritzsche in which he upheld his original criticism of the matter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sebastian Bartoschek : Claus Fritzsche is dead. Ruhrbarone from February 24, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c d Jens Lubbadeh: Dirty methods of gentle medicine. Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 30, 2012
  3. ↑ a b Ulrich Berger: Claus Fritzsche 1964 - 2014. ScienceBlogs from February 25, 2014
  4. ↑ Guido Watermann: Esowatch is now called Psiram. Telepolis from July 13, 2012
  5. ↑ Profile of Claus Fritzsche on time online , call on June 8, 2018
  6. ↑ Claus Fritzsche is dead. Humanistic press service from February 24, 2014
  7. ↑ Markus Grill : A watch blog as a pillory. Spiegel online from March 7, 2013
  8. ^ Edzard Ernst: Thoughts about Claus Fritzsche's suicide. March 1, 2014, accessed June 2, 2018

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personal data
SURNAME Fritzsche, Claus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German homeopathy lobbyist
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2014