title: [Dr. John Rittmeister - neurologist and resistance fighter].
abstract: He was born in Hamburg on 21st August 1898 and beheaded in the Plötzensee penitentiary on 13th May 1943. Our colleague was a personality combining professional striving and political commitment into a dialectic unity. The more important biographic data are given, the co-operation in the Schulze-Boysen-Harnack organisation is described as far as it has become known, and Rittmeister's scientific works are mentioned.
mesh_terms: D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000266:history
vernacular_title: Dr. John Rittmeister - Nervenarzt und Widerstandskämpfer.