Just "one of so many"? The pathologist Theodor Fahr (1877-1945) and his ambivalent relationship to National Socialism

This study is based on different types of sources: Various archival documents on Fahr and Kimmelstiel are compared and contrasted with Fahr's unpublished autobiography and the available secondary literature on Fahr and his work. The analysis shows that Fahr's relationship to National Socialism became more distanced over time. However, he did not emerge as a critic of Nazi ideology during the Third Reich - even though he claimed in his memoirs that he had consistently despised Hitler. While Fahr is not to be considered an ardent National Socialist, he held to the stereotype of the "unscrupulous" Jew. The study concludes that Fahr was a politically ambivalent character with a distinctly anti-Semitic disposition, which he tried to soften by emphasizing his relationships with individual Jewish colleagues such as Kimmelstiel.PMID:34118727 | DOI:10.1016/j.prp.2021.153488
Source: Pathology, Research and Practice - Category: Pathology Authors: Source Type: research