Hermann May

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Hermann Mai (born January 2, 1902 in Munich , † March 10, 2001 in Münster ) was a German pediatrician.

Life

May studied at the University of Würzburg chemistry and in 1922 the Corps Moenania recipiert . Since 1924 assistant at the Chemical Institute of the University of Würzburg, he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. He then studied human medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He was at the Physiological-Chemical Institute of the University of Basel in 1929 and was awarded a Dr. med. PhD. In the same year he went to the Munich University Children's Clinic, where he completed his habilitation in 1937 . After two years as a private lecturer , he was appointed to the Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Prague in 1939 . Hermann Mai contacted his Czech colleagues, in particular Jiří Brdlík (1883–1965), head of the 1st, Czech children's clinic at Charles University in Prague, welcomed them as colleagues and asked for support. His behavior was described as "surprisingly pleasant" because "we never experienced anything similar earlier and later". There were joint case presentations and good cooperation. After Mai's recall, the climate changed. Mai gave up this position after less than a year and joined the army (Wehrmacht) . As a medical officer in an infantry regiment, he received the Iron Cross 1st class. His successor in Prague was Carl-Gottlieb Bennholdt-Thomsen . Soon after the war, Mai contacted his Czech colleagues again, sent his publications and promoted cooperation. His wife, a physiotherapist, helped to set up therapeutic gymnastics and medical rehabilitation in Czechoslovakia. Mai was appointed full professor of paediatrics at the University of Münster in 1954. He retired in 1970.

Hermann Mai was a member of the Sturmabteilung since 1933, the National Socialist German Workers' Party (membership number 4,458,719) and the Schutzstaffel since May 1937 (membership number 353,219) (since April 1940 SS-Untersturmführer ) as well as a member of the National Socialist German Lecturer Association , the German Labor Front , the National Socialist People's Welfare and the National Socialist German Medical Association .

From 1955 he worked for Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné during the semester break, and after his retirement for a longer period of time . He helped build the Biafra Children's Village, of which he became the first director. In 1976 he took over the management of the entire Lambaréné hospital as chief physician. For several years he was chairman of the German Aid Association and vice-president of the International Albert Schweitzer Society.

The German Society for Child and Adolescent Medicine established the Hermann Mai Foundation in 1983 . Findings about Maize's involvement with the National Socialists showed that he was not only a staunch National Socialist who, among other things, was at least a candidate for the SS security service. He volunteered as an assessor at the Hereditary Health Court in Munich, where he was involved in judgments on the forced sterilization of at least 12 women and men. Among the so-called reasons for the judgment, "spirit of contradiction" was listed there. The findings led to a renaming of the foundation, which is now called the Foundation for International Child Health of the DGKJ (formerly Hermann Mai Foundation). In the preamble it says: “In 1983 the DGKJ established a foundation which aims to support child health care in developing countries. She established this foundation after the pediatrician Prof. Dr. Hermann Mai, who also after his retirement as director of the university children's clinic in Münster / Westf. worked temporarily with Albert Schweitzer in Lambaréné / Gabon, and for whom tropical pediatrics was a particular concern. The foundation was renamed in 2017 after recent research showed that Hermann Mai actively supported the Nazi ideology. In particular, Hermann Mai's active role in procedures for the forced sterilization of women and men must be seen as medical misconduct and must also be remembered. "

Awards

literature

  • Harald Steffahn: The Oganga from Münster. A tribute from corps brother Hermann Mai. In: Mainländer-Nachrichten. Volume 182, November 2001, pp. 34-44.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 141/749
  2. ↑ About tungstic acid pyrogallol (pyrogallol) and uranyl-salicylic acid compounds . Philosophical dissertation.
  3. ↑ About the importance of hexosediphosphoric acid and diphosphoglyceric acid for calcification of the skeleton . Medical dissertation.
  4. ↑ About the body's own ultraviolet radiation and its relationship to rickets An attempt to Deutg d. Origin d. engl. Illness and d. Operations at d. Healing . Habilitation thesis.
  5. ↑ J. Švejcar: Reflections on the German Pediatrics in Prague Findelanstalt. In: The pediatrician. Volume 15, 1984, pp. 389-394.
  6. ^ Eduard Seidler: Jewish paediatricians 1933–1945. Disenfranchised / Fled / Murdered. Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers, 2007, p. 45. (books.google.de)
  7. ↑ Sascha Topp: History as an argument in post-war medicine: Forms of visualization of National Socialist euthanasia between politicization and historiography. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013, p. 153. (books.google.de)
  8. ↑ S. Topp: "And now to Lambaréné" Hermann Mai - Director of the University Children's Hospital Münster (1943) 1950–1970. In: Monthly Children's Health. Volume S1, No. 164, 2016, pp. 34-40.
  9. ^ The Foundation for International Child Health of the DGKJ. accessed on July 20, 2018
  10. ^ University of Münster: Honorary doctorates from the faculty of the University of Münster. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  11. ^ German Society for Pediatrics: Honorary Members
  12. ↑ German Medical Association : Carrier of the Paracelsus Medal ( Memento of the original dated July 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundesaerztekammer.de
personal data
SURNAME May, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pediatrician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 2001
Place of death Muenster