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International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:35-37
© International Epidemiological Association 2001

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Commentary: Pioneering research into smoking and health in Nazi Germany— The ‘Wissenschaftliches Institut zur Erforschung der Tabakgefahren’ in Jena

Susanne Zimmermanna, Matthias Eggerb and Uwe Hossfeldc

a Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Klinikum der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany.
b MRC Health Services Research Collaboration, Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
c Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany.

PD Dr Susanne Zimmermann, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Humboldtstrasse 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany. E-mail: b6zisu@nds.rz.uni-jena.de

The Scientific Institute for the Research into the Hazards of Tobacco (Führer in health Wissenschaftliches Institut zur Erforschung der Tabakgefahren) was founded on 5 April 1941 at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena in the presence of political dignitaries such as the Reichsgesundheitsführer (regional party leader), Leonardo Conti, and the Regional Minister and Gauleiter of Thuringia, Fritz Sauckel.1–5 The Institute was the first of its kind worldwide. The inaugural ceremony was a festive occasion held in the main lecture theatre to the accompaniment of an orchestra playing Mozart. The President of the Reichsgesundheitsamt (Office of Public Health) of the Third Reich, Professor Hans Reiter gave the keynote address.6 He thanked Gauleiter Sauckel for his valuable personal efforts in setting up the Institute. The racial hygienist and Professor of Medicine, Karl Astel who was the Dean of the University of Jena and headed both the Office for Racial Affairs and the Office . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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