Der Urologe. Ausg. A
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Der Urologe. Ausg. A · Sep 2010
Biography Historical Article[Urology and National Socialism: the fate of Alexander von Lichtenberg 1880-1949].
Alexander von Lichtenberg (1880-1949) was one of the famous members of the German Urological Society (DGU) in pre-war Germany. He introduced excretion urography and a special TURP Instrument. In 1928 he was president of the 8th meeting held in the German capital Berlin. ⋯ Even in Hungary, his native country, he again had to resist anti-Semitic hostility. Later on he lived in Mexico. Alexander von Lichtenberg has to be remembered with special focus on the exodus of German Jewish scientists during the Nazi time.