Kurt Herzberg
Kurt Herzberg (born April 29, 1896 in Berlin , † November 15, 1976 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German hygienist , bacteriologist , virologist and university professor .
Life
Herzberg was the son of the secret government councilor Wilhelm Herzberg and his wife Mathilde, née Röper. After graduating from the Realgymnasium Steglitz, he studied medicine at the University of Berlin from 1914. Due to the war, he interrupted his studies in 1917 and took part in the First World War as a medical soldier and field doctor . After the end of the war he resumed his studies, briefly attended the University of Rostock in 1919 and was awarded a doctorate in Berlin in 1920. med. PhD . After that he was u. a. worked for several years at the bacteriological department of the Reich Health Office in Berlin-Dahlem as a research assistant, where he began his virological research. From 1927 he worked as a senior physician under Paul Manteufel at the Hygiene Institute of the Medical Academy in Düsseldorf , where he completed his habilitation in hygiene and bacteriology in 1927 and then worked as a private lecturer and from 1934 as an associate professor of hygiene.
In the course of the handover of power to the National Socialists , he joined the SA in 1933 , where he achieved the rank of Sanitätsobersturmführer. It also belonged to the NS teachers' association and the NS doctors association. In 1936 he moved to the University of Greifswald as an associate professor and was appointed full professor for hygiene and director of the hygiene institute in 1938 after acting as a temporary deputy.
During the Second World War he also acted as an advisory hygienist for the Wehrmacht .
After the end of the war, he continued to work in Greifswald and in 1951 accepted the chair for hygiene at the University of Marburg and in 1956 the chair for hygiene and bacteriology at the University of Frankfurt am Main , where he retired in 1966 . Herzberg is considered a pioneer in virology.
literature
- Hans Reddemann : Famous and notable doctors from and in Pomerania. Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin 2003, ISBN 978-3-935749-24-4 .
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Who was what before and after 1945 . 2nd Edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 .
Web links
- Herzberg, Kurt Ferdinand Karl. Hessian biography. (As of February 5, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ^ A b Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 248
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herzberg, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hygienist, bacteriologist, virologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 15, 1976 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |