Emil Breitinger

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Emil Breitinger (born October 15, 1904 in Feuchtwangen , Bavaria; † May 1, 2004 ) was a German human biologist .

During his studies, Breitinger became a member of the Arminia fraternity in Munich in 1923 , from which he left in 1957. It was in 1933 at the University of Munich with Theodor Mollison Dr. phil. PhD and habilitation there in 1939 in anthropology . Afterwards he was a lecturer and since 1940 associate professor for biology of physical exercises at the University of Munich. Breitinger was a member of the NSDAP as well as SS - Oberscharführer and trainer in the Race and Settlement Main Office of the SS .

From 1957 he was full professor of anthropology (human biology) at the University of Vienna as the successor to Josef Weninger . He also dealt with fossil hominids . Breitinger was a real member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

Publications (selection)

  • The racial composition of the German people . (= Photo lectures from the field of genetics, race studies and race care 4) JF Lehmanns, Munich 1934.
  • Body shape and athletic performance of adolescents. Body mass, sporting performance and their correlative dependency in 3319 students in higher educational institutions in Munich . Triltsch, Würzburg 1934 (= dissertation).
  • The Swanscombe Skull Fragment and the "Praesapiens Problem" . In: Mitteilungen der Anthropologische Gesellschaft Wien 84/85, 1955, pp. 1–45.
  • On the phyletic evolution of Homo sapiens . In: Anthropologischer Anzeiger 21, 1957, pp. 62–83.
  • For current knowledge of the oldest hominids . In: Anzeiger der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, phil.-hist. Class 1962, pp. 169-207.
  • Pre-uricular sulcus and pre-symphysial sulcus as signs of fertility . In: Annals of the Natural History Museum in Vienna 91A, 1990, pp. 63–78 ( PDF; 5.0 MB ).

literature

  • Helmuth Zapfe : Index Palaeontologicorum Austriae (= Catalogus fossilium Austriae issue 15). Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1971, pp. 19–20 ( PDF; 717 kB )

Remarks

  1. ^ Karl Gareis: The Munich fraternity Arminia - becoming and fate. Munich 1967, p. 186.
  2. ↑ Benoit Massin: Anthropology and Human Genetics in National Socialism or: How do German scientists write their own history of science? In: Heidrun Kaupen-Haas, Christian Saller (Ed.): Scientific racism. Analysis of continuity in human and natural sciences . Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-593-36228-7 , p. 40. 60.
personal data
SURNAME Breitinger, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German human biologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Wet cheeks
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2004