Curt Thomalla

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Curt Thomalla

Curt Robert Viktor Thomalla (born July 12, 1890 in Friedland in Upper Silesia , † March 3, 1939 ) was a German screenwriter, neurologist and social medicine specialist .

Life

Thomalla was the son of a medical councilor. He attended the humanistic Bismarck-Gymnasium in Berlin and the Gymnasium in Waldenburg (Silesia) . After passing the school leaving examination, he first studied law, then medicine in Lausanne, Kiel, Würzburg, Erlangen and Breslau. He was a member of the Corps Holsatia (1910) and Rhenania Würzburg (1911). In 1912/13 he served as a one-year volunteer in the 10th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment in Erlangen. In 1914 he moved into the field. After being seriously wounded, he continued his studies and passed the state examination in Wroclaw in December 1915. He then specialized in neurology and psychiatry at the Wroclaw City Mental Hospital . From 1918 to 1925 he was director of the UFA's Medical Film Archive . He carried out the scientific and dramaturgical processing of numerous educational films and popular science lecture films. Later he also took over the editing of feature films. From 1924 to 1926 he worked as a freelance writer and doctor. In 1926 he entered the service of the Reich Committee for Hygienic Education. In 1929 he became head of the press office of the Association of German Professional Associations.

After the Reichstag election in March 1933 , Thomalla became a consultant in the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda (Department for Public Health and Welfare) in April 1933 . In 1938 he was appointed to the senior government council. In 1936 he published the book Be Healthy - Stay Healthy , which combined the ideology of racial hygiene with a strong anti-Semitic tendency. In March 1939 Thomalla and his secretary committed suicide by gassing; The reason is said to have been a rift with the political leadership.

Works

  • Experiences and observations in the field. In: Munich Medical Weekly. Volume 61, 1914, p. 2150.
  • Radial paralysis and tendon plastic. Wroclaw Cooperative Printing Works, Wroclaw 1916.
  • The scientific educational film in obstetrics and gynecology. Med Filmarchiv d Kulturabt d Ufa, Berlin 1920.
  • Medical cinematography. In: Film and Knowledge. (1), 1920, p. 6 f.
  • The cinematography of the vocal cord movements. In: Kinotechnische Rundschau des Film-Kurier. Supplement to the Film-Kurier of June 11, 1921 (135), p. 1 f.
  • A psychiatric-neurological film archive. In: Journal for the whole of neurology and psychiatry. Volume 45, No. 1/2, 1921. doi: 10.1007 / BF02871727
  • Hygiene and social medicine in a popular educational film. In: Journal for medical officials and hospital doctors. Volume 21/23, 1922, pp. 589-593, 606-610, 631-635.
  • Curt Thomalla, Arthur Kronfeld : Film documents on sexology. In: Archives for Gynecology and Eugenics, Sexual Biology and Heredity. Volume 9, 1923, pp. 146-148.
  • The secret of balance. A dialogue. In: Uhu. Volume 2, Issue 12, 1926, pp. 66-72.
  • Heads up! The book of healthy living. Publishing house d. German school library, 1926.
  • Ultra eye protection. In: Film-Kurier. Volume 228, September 29, 1926, p. 2.
  • Health pass for ... Berlin: Reich Committee for Hygienic Public Education with the collaboration of the Reich Institute for Combating Infant and Child Mortality, 1931.
  • The two-band man: Roman. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1932.
  • The Sterilization Law in Germany. In: The Scientific American. 126, September 1934.

Filmography

  • The sexually transmitted diseases and their consequences. 1919/20.
  • The effect of the hunger blockade on public health. 1919-21.
  • Smallpox, its dangers and how to combat it. 1920.
  • Cripple distress and cripple help. 1920.
  • Infant care. 1920.
  • The white plague. Origin, dangers and control of tuberculosis. 1921.
  • How do I stay healthy? 1st chapter. Hygiene of domestic life. 1921/22.
  • How do I stay healthy? Part 2. Hygiene of the celebration hours. 1921/22.
  • Steinach's research, scientific version. 1922.
  • The Steinach film. Popular version. 1922.
  • A look into the depths of the soul. 1923.
  • False Shame - Four Episodes from the Life of a Doctor. 1926. Directed by Rudolf Biebrach
  • The awakening of the woman. 1926. Directed by Fred Sauer
  • Maya the bee and her adventures (film) . 1926. Directed by Wolfram Junghans
  • Scourge of humanity. 1926.
  • The curse of inheritance. 1927. Directed by Adolf Sportwetten

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 75 , 410; 143 , 482
  2. ^ Ulrich Schmidt: Social hygiene films and propaganda in the Weimar Republic. on the website of the Department of Political and Social Sciences at FU Berlin (PDF)

literature

  • A. Killen: What is an enlightenment film? Cinema and the rhetoric of social hygiene in interwar Germany. In: Social Science History. Volume 39, 2015, pp. 107–127.
  • T. Maibaum: The leadership school of the German medical profession Alt-Rehse . Hamburg 2007.
  • K. Mühsam, E. Jacobsohn: Lexicon of the film. 1st edition. Lichtbildbühne publishing house, Berlin 1926, p. 176.
  • K. Podoll: History of the educational film and the popular science educational film in neurology in Germany 1895-1929. In: Fortschr Neurol Psychiat. Volume 68, 2000, pp. 523-529.
  • Schmidt U. Social hygiene films and propaganda in the Weimar Republic (PDF; 274 kB). In: D. Jazbinsek (ed.): Health communication . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2000, pp. 53–81.
  • U. Schmidt: "The view of the body": social hygiene films, sex education and propaganda in the Weimar Republic. In: M. Hagener (Ed.): Sex in fetters: Sexuality between enlightenment and exploitation in the Weimar cinema. Edition text and criticism, Munich 2000, pp. 23–46.

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personal data
SURNAME Thomalla, Curt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomalla, Curt Robert Viktor (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German screenwriter, neurologist and social medicine specialist
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedland in Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1939