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Symposium „Anatomy in the Third Reich“ September 29, 2010, 8.30-12.30 a.m. Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology Köllickerstraße 6, 97070 Würzburg Oral Presentations 8:30 - 8:40 Christoph Redies (University of Jena School of Medicine, Germany) - Introductory remarks - 8:40 - 9:10 V1. Sabine Hildebrandt (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA) Anatomy in the Third Reich: A review of the current status of research 9:10 - 9:40 V2. Michael Viebig (Memorial Site "Roter Ochse", Halle, Germany) "„... a corpse can be put at your disposal“ – Judicial and administrative basis for the supply with bodies from executions in the Third Reich" 9:40 - 9:55 V3. Sigrid Oehler-Klein, Volker Roelcke (University of Gießen, Germany) Corpses of executed victims in the Anatomical Institute of the University of Giessen 9:55 - 10:10 V4. Andreas Winkelmann (Charité, Berlin, Germany) Hermann Stieve and the use of execution victims for research 10:10 - 11:00 - Poster Session - 11:00 - 11:15 V5. Thorsten Noack (University of Düsseldorf, Germany) Bavarian anatomies and the executed (1933-1948) 11:15 - 11:30 V6. Paul Weindling (Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK) A “Nacht und Nebel Aktion": The removal of specimens from German anatomical and medical collections in the early 1990s 11:30 - 12:00 V7. William E. Seidelman (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) Dissecting the history of anatomy in the Third Reich: A personal account 12:00 - 12.30 V8. Hans-Joachim Lang (Tübingen, Germany) "To collect and process material". August Hirt and the “exceptional opportunities to purvey corpses” for anatomical institutes during National Socialism Poster Contributions P1. Jerzy Gielecki, Anna Żurada, Paweł Wiereńko, Anna Proba (University of Varmia and Masuria School of Medicine, Olsztyn, Poland) The hidden faces of Hermann Voss P2. Christoph Redies, Michael Viebig, Rosemarie Fröber, Susanne Zimmermann (University of Jena School of Medicine, and Memorial Site "Roter Ochse", Halle, Germany) An investigation into the origin of corpses received by the Anatomical Institute in Jena during the Third Reich P3. Rüdiger Schultka and Michael Viebig (University of Halle, and Memorial Site "Roter Ochse", Halle, Germany) Executed people for the anatomy, Halle 1933-1945 P4. Susanne Ude-Koeller, Wilfried Knauer and Christoph Viebahn (University of Göttingen, and Gedenkstätte Wolfenbüttel, Germany) ... agreeing to provide 500 RM for the transfer of an increased number of corpses from Wolfenbüttel. P5. Angelika Uhlmann (University of Freiburg, Germany) Die Karriere des Anatomen August Hirt (1896-1945) P6. Anna Wegener (University of Würzburg, Germany) Prof. Dr. med. Curt Elze (1885-1972), Professor for Anatomy in Würzburg (1940- 1945, 1947-1951) P7. Andreas Winkelmann and Thorsten Noack (Charité, Berlin, and University of Düsseldorf, Germany) Too much honour for Max Clara? The Clara cell and the "Third Reich" Organizer and contact: Christoph Redies, MD, PhD Institute of Anatomy I University of Jena School of Medicine D-07740 Jena Tel.: +49 – (0) 3641 – 938 511 FAX: +49 – (0) 3641 – 938 512 E-Mail: [email protected] Homepage: http://www.anatomie1.uniklinikum-jena.de .

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