Cleansing anatomical collections: the politics of removing specimens from German anatomical and medical collections 1988-92
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Cleansing anatomical collections: the politics of removing specimens from German anatomical and medical collections 1988-92
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number610.943/0004
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08237b
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Germany
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Elsevier B.V
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2012
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp237-242
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal ' Annals of anatomy' No.194 2012 pp237-242
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
In 1989-90 an intense debate erupted in the Federal Republic of Germany over the status of anatomical specimens from the period of National Socialism. A range of options was considered, and the eventual decision to bury cremated remains was deemed the best way to draw a line under the uncomfortable past of Nazi medical atrocities. Identification of victims was left unresolved