Martin Kochmann

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Martin Dagobert Kochmann (born February 7, 1878 in Breslau ; † September 11, 1936 in Halle (Saale) ) was a German pharmacologist .

Life

Martin Kochmann was born in Breslau in 1878 as the son of the Jewish businessman Aron Kochmann . In 1896 he passed the Abitur in his hometown. He then began to study medicine , first from 1896 to 1898 in Berlin and from 1898 to 1900 in Breslau. In 1901 Kochmann converted to the Protestant faith. In the same year he enlisted as a one-year volunteer in the military and served in a grenadier regiment . In 1902 he received his doctorate from the University of Jena to the Dr. med. There he then held an assistant position. In 1904 he went to the Institut de Pharmacodynamie et deherapie in Ghent , where he stayed until 1906. Between 1906 and 1914 Kochmann worked as an assistant at the University of Greifswald , where he qualified as a professor in 1907 and received the title of professor in 1911 . In 1908 Kochmann married Sophie Gabbe (1882–1951), the daughter of a councilor from Greifswald. In 1914 he moved to the University of Halle , but shortly after the outbreak of the First World War he was called up as a medical officer for military service. For his work he was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class . After the war, Kochmann returned to Halle and was appointed full professor there in 1920. In 1921 he became director of the Pharmacological Institute and in 1924 a member of the Leopoldina . After the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists, he was initially able to evade his dismissal in the course of a first "wave of purges" against professors of Jewish descent due to his deployment to the front in World War I. In 1935, however, he was given early retirement . In 1936 he was arrested by the Gestapo on suspicion of “promoting subversive and treasonable endeavors” . On September 11, 1936, he committed suicide in his cell.

Commemoration

Stumbling stone in memory of Martin Kochmann

On December 12, 2006, in memory of Martin Kochmann, a stumbling block was laid in front of his last place of residence, Friedenstraße 12a in Halle .

Fonts

  • About female sex hormones (1928)
  • Manual of Experimental Pharmacology. Supplementary work. Volume 2: Narcotica of the fat series (1936)

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personal data
SURNAME Kochmann, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kochmann, Martin Dagobert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1936
Place of death Halle (Saale)