Alfred Erich Hoche (* 1 August 1865 in Wildenhain; "† 16. May 1943 in Baden-Baden) was psychiatrist.

Starting from 1902 it had a Professur in Freiburg in mash gau and was a director of the university mental hospital even there. Hoche was opponent of the psychoanalysis after Sigmund Freud. Together with the Strafrechtler Karl being thing it published 1920 the brochure "“the release of the destruction lebensunwerten life. Their measure and its form"”. This writing was consulted later from the national socialists to the justification of the euthanasia program.

On freshly beheaded investigated it the physiology and pathology of the and dedicated myself forensischen Psychiatrie.Die of Karl being thing raised question, whether humans could lose their value, affirms it. "„Incurable "“stands in the foreground of its interest as a psychiatrist. In the center of its investigation the economic and moral "„load was located "“ill to humans.

Under the alias Alfred Erich it published also poems.

Literature

• Klaus Peter Drechsel: Judges measuring murdered. Practice of the euthanasia up to the end of the German chamferingism. Duisburg 1993, ISBN 3927388378
• Ernst Klee, "“euthanasia"” in the LV state. The "“destruction lebensunwerten life"”, Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt A.M. 1985
• Review with the title "„destruction lebensunwerten life "“, written from Dr.F. Limacher from Berne, international medical bulletin, December 1934, number 12 (feature place: Prague), 181-183, here 183, Reprint, red book publishing house, Berlin appeared new 1989 into contributions to the National Socialist health and social politics, volume 7, international medical bulletin, class I-VI (1934-1939).

Related links

• Original text: Karl being thing, Alfred Hoche: The release of the destruction unwerten life.
• Vordenker of Ernst Klee, into "“the week "“.
• Euthanasia of Pater Martin Lugmayr

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