Mitarbeiter und Herausgeber mit jüdischer Herkunft der ersten deutschen Anästhesiezeitschriften

Abstract

The decision to publish the journals Der Schmerz and Narkose und Anaesthesie in 1928 was an important step towards the professionalization of anaesthesiology in Germany. The appearance of both journals, which for economic reasons merged into Schmerz - Narkose - Anaesthesie 1 year later, was initiated and vehemently supported by Jewish physicians. As editors and co-editors they were deeply involved with the editorial tasks of the journals for years from the early beginnings. When the National Socialistic Party took over the government in Germany many of the Jewish colleagues were forced to quit their editorial tasks, were eliminated and replaced by "Arians", they were persecuted and often arrested, forced to emigrate or decided to commit suicide due to inhumane personal circumstances. It is our intention to recall the biography and the terrible fate of the nearly unknown Jewish members of the editorial board of the first German anaesthesia journals. Moreover the biographic sketches promote a continuous discussion about the victims of an inhumane and barbarous ideology.

Anesthesia and World War II: When the Battlefield Becomes a Research Field—A Bibliometric Analysis of the Influence of World War II on the Development of Anesthesiology

“…Boycotted, Schmerz-Narkose-Anaesthesie stopped being published in 1944, sadly clarifying this trend. 10…”

“…But events like the many deaths due to the administration of thiopental on patients suffering hemorrhagic shock at Pearl Harbor (1942) were not published in Military Surgeon but instead published in anesthesiology journals. 9 An exception to the rule that anesthesiology journals have the most articles about anesthesia is the German journal Schmerz-Narkose-Anaesthesie, which published few articles on anesthesia. The explanation lies in the history of the journal.…”