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and Constantine the African. He retired in 1925, and was succeeded in his position at Leipzig by

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. In 1933 Sudhoff joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP), to the great dismay of many of his peers, maintaining his membership for the rest of his life. After Sigerist's 1932 departure for Johns Hopkins University, Sudhoff again headed the Institute at Leipzig before turning the position over to

Walter von Brunn Walter Albert Ferdinand Brunn (2 September 1876, in Göttingen – 21 December 1952, in Leipzig) was a German surgeon and historian of medicine. He studied medicine at the universities of Göttingen and Rostock, where he was a student of Carl ...

in November 1934.Riha, Ortrun. ''Sudhoff, Karl Friedrich Jakob.'' In: ''Sächsische Biographie, hrsg. vom Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde e.V.'' Online Ausgabe 19.05.201

/ref> He died in Salzwedel on October 8, 1938.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sudhoff, Karl 1853 births 1938 deaths German medical historians Leipzig University faculty German male non-fiction writers Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America