Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine

Institute>History	1892-1911 \| 1914-1921 \| 1925-1931 \| 1945-1986 \| 1988-2008 \| Publications

		1933 Under the law of the Hitler regime, renowned scientists are forced to leave the Institute. The director Friedrich Fülleborn dies in September 1933, shortly after handing in his resignation. His successor is Peter Mühlens (1874-1943). 1939 With the beginning of World War II, most senior medical officers are drafted. Scientists concentrate mainly on diseases of strategic importance, e.g. typhoid fever.
Peter Mühlens Director 1933-1943		1942 On the occasion of Bernhard Nocht's 85th birthday, the Institute´s name is changed to "Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Maritime and Tropical Diseases".
Ernst Gorg Nauck Director 1943-1963
		In the last years of the war, the clinical department is used mainly as a military hospital. The institute building is partly destroyed by bombs.
		1943 The protozoologists Eduard Reichenow and Lilly Mudrow discover the missing part of the reproduction cycle of the causative agent of bird malaria (Plasmodium praecox). After the death of Peter Mühlens in June 1943, Ernst Georg Nauck (1897-1967) assumes office as a director of the institute.

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