Login / Signup

The controversial Third Reich history of Hans Creutzfeldt: was he a supporter or just another adept of the "hand washing policy"?

Paulo Eduardo Mestrinelli CarrilhoRicardo Nitrini
Published in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (2021)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy whose initial description is associated with two German authors, Alfons Maria Jakob and Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt. As polemic as the issue about the Creutzfeldt's merit in the first description of the disease, is his history during the Third Reich. Some evidence pointed to the idea that he was essentially against the Nazi ideology, though some did not. He was an official member of the SS, but his own wife was convicted by a Nazi court. Some authors have argued that Creutzfeldt helped save many patients during Aktion T4 operation, but, in fact, he could have done more. Even during the post-war period, he sent a letter to authorities reporting the name of a Nazi physician who worked as a medical reviewer at the euthanasia court, but he did not proceed any further when his letter initially failed to start an investigation.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • end stage renal disease
  • newly diagnosed
  • ejection fraction
  • emergency department
  • public health
  • primary care
  • chronic kidney disease
  • early onset
  • mental health
  • patient reported outcomes
  • patient reported