- Erich Häßler
Erich Häßler (
April 22 ,1899 –December 2 ,2005 ) was a German pediatrician and academic fromLeipzig , Saxony. He was also one of the last surviving veterans of the First World War living in Germany.Häßler was a
professor at theuniversity of Jena . Under the Nazis, he was member of the "Office for Racial Policy" ("Rassenpolitisches Amt") in Leipzig. In 1939, he co-authored a book on child care, in which he called Jews "rootless parasites" ("wurzelloses Parasitentum").Fact|date=February 2007In 2004, Häßler was one of 22 members of the medical profession to sign a declaration of solidarity for Dr Rosemarie Albrecht, a German doctor accused of having conducted medical experiments in the Nazi era. Häßler was a member of the "Sängerschaft zu St Pauli" in Jena, a student fraternity. He died at the age of 106. [cite news|last = Zintl|first = Felix|coauthors = Dietlinde Fuchs|title = Nachruf auf Prof. Dr. Erich Häßler|work = Personalia|language = German|publisher = Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin e.V.|date =
February 14 ,2006 |url = http://www.dgkj.de/764.html|accessdate = 2008-05-11]ee also
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Veterans of the First World War who died in 2005 References
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