Traumatisierung durch politisierte Medizin

Policy Approaches Toward Combatting Venereal Diseases in the Soviet Occupation Zone in Germany (1945–1949), the German Democratic Republic (1949–1989), and the Polish People's Republic (1945–1989)

“…In the GDR, the law foresaw a three-step procedure in which a patient could be consecutively referred for compulsory examination, stationary treatment, and detention in a closed ward. The procedure built on the top of each step and therefore hospitalization or detention was only the last step of the procedure (11). Closed venereology wards for compulsory treatment were established in all districts of the GDR.…”

“…In practice, compulsory hospitalization in the GDR and the PPR occurred with violation of the legal regulations. In the GDR, girls and women were repeatedly committed to closed venereology stations with the omission of the three-step procedure (11,13). In many cases, female patients were brought directly to such stations and remained there for several weeks.…”

“…Some contemporary witnesses reported that they were assigned to do the laundry, help in the hospital kitchen, and to clean the toilets. In some cases women were assigned to cleaning duties outside the hospital, or had to work for outside companies, for example as seamstresses in dressmaker factories (11,14,28). Such educational function was modeled after the Soviet approach (29).…”

“…Breaking the epidemiological spread of venereal diseases became an important task for the authorities in both GDR and PPR. As a result, several legal acts were issued, which aimed at combatting the challenge of venereal diseases for public health (2,3,11).…”

“…In recent years, a considerable amount of research was published on the topic of public health measures in combatting the spread of venereal diseases in the GDR (11)(12)(13)(14). These works suggest that policy measures toward combatting venereal diseases in this country were influenced by the model adopted from the Soviet Union.…”