Johannes Fischer (doctor, 1881)
Johannes Fischer (born June 3, 1881 in Minden ; † May 15, 1945 in Schwerin ) was a German psychiatrist who was involved in the euthanasia of National Socialism .
Fischer first studied theology and philology before he received his doctorate in medicine in Halle adS in 1910. First he worked in the Rostock-Gehlsdorf mental hospital , in 1914 he went to war as a field doctor. In 1916 he became a senior physician, and from 1924 he headed the psychiatric clinic on the Sachsenberg near Schwerin. In this function he was involved in the forced sterilization and deportation of disabled people to killing centers of the T4 campaign. In 1945, he committed suicide with his wife and daughter on the hospital grounds in Schwerin suicide . Their common grave is in the hospital cemetery .
Fonts
- (with Paul Eisler): The hernia mesenterico-parietalis dextra. (Anatomical and developmental monographs H. 2. 1911) Halle, Med. Diss. V. December 10, 1910, also as: A right-sided peritoneal hernia. Leipzig: W. Engelmann 1910
- 100 years of Sachsenberg. Rhenania, Düsseldorf 1930
literature
- Andreas Brooks: The events on the Sachsenberg as part of the National Socialist euthanasia program , Schwerin: Helms 2007 ISBN 978-394-02070-6-7
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fischer, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German psychiatrist who was involved in Action T4 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Minden |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1945 |
| Place of death | Schwerin |