Strasbourg Hôpital civil plaque institut anatomie

The Reichsuniversität Straßburg (RUS) was founded 1941 by the

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, annexed to Nazi Germany, while the regular

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moved to

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in 1940. The purpose was to create a continuity to the German character of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Universität — as the University of Strasbourg was named from 1872 to 1918. In 1941, it was to the fore of German invaders to propagate the "pure German knowledge" of national socialistic character in the annexed Alsace-Lorraine. When the Allies arrived in Alsace in 1944, the Reichsuniversität was first transferred to

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and then dissolved. Among the professors based at RUS were

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as well as Nazi physician and war criminal

August Hirt August Hirt (28 April 1898 – 2 June 1945) was an anatomist with Swiss and German nationality who served as a chairman at the Reich University in Strasbourg during World War II. He performed experiments with mustard gas on inmates at the Natz ...

. It is at its ''Institut d'Anatomie Normale'' that he conducted his experiences of "racial anatomy" and planned the Jewish skull collection.

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* Teresa Wróblewska: ''Die Reichsuniversitäten Posen, Prag und Strassburg als Modelle nationalsozialistischer Hochschulen in den von Deutschland besetzten Gebieten''. Marszalek, Toruń 2000, * Wechsler Patrick, ''La Faculté de médecine de la «Reichsuniversität Strassburg» (1941-1945)'', medical PhD, Nr. 191, Université Louis-Pasteur Straßburg, 1991 Education in Nazi Germany History of Strasbourg

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Educational institutions established in 1941 Educational institutions disestablished in 1944 Education in Strasbourg 1941 establishments in Germany {{BasRhin-struct-stub

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