Friedrich Robert Mauz (1 May 1900 Esslingen – 7 July 1979 Münster) was a German
psychiatrist
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who was involved with the
Nazi
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T-4 Euthanasia Program
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.
From 1939 until 1945, Mauz was the Professor of Psychiatry at
Albertina University
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in
Königsberg
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. In 1953, he became the Professor of Psychiatry at
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...
.
He was the president (1957-1958) of the
German Society for Psychiatrists and Neurologists.
Mauz was father of three children, one son and two daughters. His son
Gerhard Mauz
Gerhard Mauz (November 29, 1925 in Tübingen – August 15, 2003 in Reinbek) was a German journalist and correspondent for judicial processes.
Mauz was the son of T4-Gutachter Friedrich Mauz (1900-1979).Der Spiegel
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magazine.
[ Gisela Friedrichsen: ''Gerhard Mauz – 1925 bis 2003'', in ]Der Spiegel
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, Ausgabe 34 vom 18. August 2003, S. 152.
See also
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Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of mental disorders. These include various maladaptations related to mood, behaviour, cognition, and perceptions. See glossary of psychiatry.
Initial psych ...
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racial policy of Nazi Germany
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T-4 Euthanasia Program
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References
1979 deaths
1900 births
German psychiatrists
Physicians in the Nazi Party
People from Nazi Germany
German eugenicists
Academic staff of the University of Münster
Aktion T4 personnel
20th-century Freikorps personnel
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