title: [Between interdependence and separation: the history of medicine as an academic discipline in divided Germany (1945-1959)].
abstract: The article traces the development of the history of medicine as an academic discipline in divided Germany between 1945 and 1959. During this time period the core of the field--the German association for the history of medicine, the scientific journal and, as well, many scientists--shifted from East to West Germany. The fate of the formerly renowned chair of the history of medicine in what was now East Berlin and the difficulties to find a candidate willing to fill in the position indicate the problems in establishing a socialist historiography of medicine. The 1950s was a lost decade for the historiography of medicine in East Germany. In the meantime the historiography of medicine in West Germany, based on better starting conditions, consolidated institutionally.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bruns
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000266:history*; D001604:Berlin; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000266:history*; D005178:Faculty / Q000266:history*; D005859:Germany, East; D005860:Germany, West; D006666:History of Medicine; D049673:History, 20th Century