title: [German Urological Associations under National Socialism].
abstract: The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie (German Urological Association), established in 1907, was a German-Austrian medical society in which Jewish physicians held important positions. When the Nazis seized power in 1933, the Austrian Hans Rubritius was president of the society. The non-German presidency and the exclusion of Jewish colleagues from the professional society and medical practice led to a halt of the society's activities. At the same time in the mid 1930s, German urologists founded the Gesellschaft Reichsdeutscher Urologen (Association of Reichs-German Urologists) whose members aligned themselves with Nazi health policies and in turn received professional and personal benefits.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin, Universität Ulm, Frauensteige 6 (Michelsberg), 89075, Ulm, Deutschland. matthis.krischel@uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krischel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fangerau
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007585:Jews / Q000266:history*; D028683:National Socialism / Q000266:history*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*; D014572:Urology / Q000266:history*