Waldemar Weimann

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Waldemar Weimann (born November 3, 1893 in Cologne , † February 14, 1965 in Berlin ) was a German forensic doctor .

Life

Weimann worked from 1924 to 1930 at the Forensic Medicine Institute of the Berlin Charité . At Fritz Straßmann he was initially an assistant, most recently chief physician . In 1930 Weimann left the institute to take up a position as a forensic doctor. He was the founding director of the Forensic Medicine Institute of the City Health Office of Berlin , which opened on April 1, 1937, which later became the State Institute for Forensic and Social Medicine, and remained so until he retired in November 1958.

Services

As an expert , he was often summoned to criminal proceedings. Among other things, he worked as a psychiatric expert in the trial against Elisabeth Kusian . He has also written numerous articles in specialist journals. Together with Otto Prokop , he published the Atlas of Forensic Medicine , a standard work in forensics , in 1963 .

Works

  • Atlas of Anemic Spinal Diseases Berlin 1920
  • Atlas of Forensic Medicine Berlin 1963
  • Diagnosis of the Bayreuth murder in 1964

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