Dermatology in Nazi Germany

During the Nazi period experimentation on human subjects and the elimination of individuals considered to be unproductive members of society were carried out in a systematic fashion. Involved in these practices were many physicians, including dermatologists whose names are linked in one way or another to their specialty. Some, such as Reiter, are very well known. This review attempts to bring to light the identities behind the names we have given to diseases, clinical and histological signs, and syndromes in dermatology.

ResumenDurante la época nazi se llevaron a cabo de forma sistemática experimentos con seres humanos y la eliminación de individuos considerados como no productivos para la sociedad. En dichos actos se vieron involucrados médicos y dermatólogos cuyo nombre está vinculado de una forma u otra a nuestra especialidad, algunos de ellos muy conocidos, como Reiter. Con esta revisión queremos dar a conocer quién hubo detrás de muchos de los nombres que utilizamos para denominar enfermedades, signos clínicos, histológicos y síndromes en nuestra especialidad.