title: Notes on the history of the Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie in Frankfurt/Main. Part II. The Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie during the Third Reich and its body supply.
abstract: In order to be able to understand how body supply was maintained at the Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie from 1933 to 1945 - with special emphasis on victims of the National Socialist regime - we have collected information from various and often fragmentary sources. The documents reveal that during this period at least 474 bodies were brought to the anatomical institute. Among them were the bodies of at least 71 prisoners, 51 of whom had been executed, and the bodies of 8 inmates of (labor-) camps. 356 unclaimed bodies were received, some of them may stem from victims of "euthanasia" programs. The sources of 39, as of yet, unnamed bodies could not be verified. The current collections and the catalogs were screened for remains of victims of the National Socialist regime, but none were found. The vast majority of the bodies were used for teaching purposes. Hans Schreiber, one of the directors of the institute, whose biography is provided here, used at least 9 additional executed individuals for his research. Wherever possible, we have identified the victims of the National Socialist regime, executed persons and the inmates of (labor-) camps, whose bodies were used by the anatomists in Frankfurt, by name. Among the victims was Georg Fröba, a communist philanthropist, whose biography is provided.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie, Fachbereich Medizin der Goethe-Universität, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas Theo
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Brehm
authors.affiliation: Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie, Fachbereich Medizin der Goethe-Universität, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Horst-Werner
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Korf
authors.affiliation: Dr. Senckenbergisches Institut für Geschichte und Ethik der Medizin, Fachbereich Medizin der Goethe-Universität, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Udo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Benzenhöfer
authors.affiliation: Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie, Fachbereich Medizin der Goethe-Universität, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schomerus
authors.affiliation: Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie, Fachbereich Medizin der Goethe-Universität, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany. Electronic address: wicht@em.uni-frankfurt.de.
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wicht
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history*; D000715:Anatomy / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history*; D002102:Cadaver; D003209:Concentration Camps / Q000266:history; D005065:Euthanasia; D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D028683:National Socialism / Q000266:history*; D011329:Prisoners; D014858:War Crimes
keywords: Anatomy; Executed; Frankfurt/Main; Research on executed; Third Reich