Schmidt Mathias, Winzen Tina, Gross Dominik
Institute for the History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine, Medical School, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, MTI II, 52074, Aachen, Germany,
Strahlenther Onkol. 2015 May;191(5):437-41. doi: 10.1007/s00066-014-0804-0. Epub 2015 Jan 10.
The aim of this article is to show that, after the onset of World War II at the latest, the central task of the x-ray unit of the Nazi-SS (Schutzstaffel) led by Prof. Hans Holfelder was by no means the early diagnosis of tuberculosis. Its primary purpose, rather, was to serve the various "racial" and inhuman aims of the SS itself.
Main historical sources and information about the SS x-ray unit are surveyed and analyzed.
Clearly, the significance of the x-ray storm unit was increasingly subordinated to the necessities of the war until its original objectives disappeared from focus completely. The main purpose of operation of the x-ray storm unit thus by no means lay in the early detection of tuberculosis and did not therefore serve tuberculosis control.
The actual objective lay, rather, in the implementation of SS aims in terms of Volk politics, genetics, and "racial hygiene".
本文旨在表明,至少在第二次世界大战爆发后,由汉斯·霍尔费尔德教授领导的纳粹党卫军(党卫队)X射线部门的核心任务绝不是肺结核的早期诊断。相反,其主要目的是为党卫队自身的各种“种族”及不人道目标服务。
对有关党卫队X射线部门的主要历史资料和信息进行了调查与分析。
显然,X射线部门的重要性越来越服从于战争的需要,直至其最初目标完全不再受关注。因此,X射线部门运作的主要目的绝不是肺结核的早期检测,故而也不是为了控制肺结核。
相反,其实际目标在于落实党卫队在民族政治、遗传学和“种族卫生”方面的目标。