Ferdinand Freiherr von Reitzenstein

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Ferdinand Freiherr von Reitzenstein (born September 24, 1876 in Schwarzenstein (Schwarzenbach am Wald) , district of the city of Schwarzenbach am Wald , † August 30, 1929 in Arnsdorf ) was a German sexologist .

Life

Ferdinand Freiherr von Reitzenstein worked at the Berlin Ethnographic Museum and the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden. From 1923 he headed the anthropological - ethnological collection of the Institute for Sexology in Berlin founded by Magnus Hirschfeld .

He was editor of the journal Gender and Society .

Reitzenstein died in the Saxon state sanatorium and nursing home in Arnsdorf .

Work (selection)

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