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Wilhelm Hallermann

Wilhelm Hallermann is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Wilhelm Hallermann rather than just read about it. In short: Wilhelm Hallermann was a German lawyer, professor at Kiel University from 1941 until 1971, a member of the Nazi party since 1937 and a SA member since 1933. Education Hallermann began his medical studies in 1920 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

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Reference excerpt

Wilhelm Hallermann was a German lawyer, professor at Kiel University from 1941 until 1971, a member of the Nazi party since 1937 and a SA member since 1933.

Education Hallermann began his medical studies in 1920 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. This was followed by study visits to the University of Göttingen, the University of Hamburg, and the University of Würzburg, where he passed his Staatsexamen (state examination) in 1925 and received his doctorate. Hallermann then worked in the pathological-anatomical department of the Dresden-Friedrichstadt city hospital as a senior physician until 1929. After a short time as an assistant and specialist in internal medicine at the Leipzig Medical University Clinic under Paul Morawitz, Hallermann worked at the Berlin Institute for Forensic Medicine of the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin from 1931 to 1940. Hallermann also passed his medical examination there in 1932 and completed his habilitation in 1935 with a thesis on “Sudden cardiac death in coronary artery disease,” which was published as a monograph in 1939.

Teaching career After beginning his teaching career at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin in 1935, Hallermann represented the chair for forensic medicine at the University of Frankfurt am Main in the winter semester from 1940 to 1941 after the death of Rolf Hey, and on April 1, 1941, he was appointed director of the Institute for Forensic and Social Medicine at Kiel University, initially as an associate professor. In 1946, the professorship was converted into a full professorship, so that Hallermann was now a full public professor. From 1946 to 1969, he was in charge of the student union at Kiel University, took over the management of the German Student Union in 1956 and was dean of the Medical Faculty from 1947 to 1949. In 1969, Hallermann was honored with emeritus status and in 1971 he handed over the management of the Kiel Institute to Oskar Grüner.

Hallermann and Nationalsocialism Hallermann was a member of the National Socialist German Lecturers League and of the SA since 1933. On August 17, 1937, he applied for membership in the NSDAP and was admitted retroactively to May 1 of the same year (with the membership number 4.358.616). From the start of the Second World War he worked in a Military Medical Academy, and starting in 1942 he was also a consultant psychiatrist at the Oberkommando des Heeres (Army High Command) and the Kriegsmarine (The Navy of Nazi Germany).

Adolf Seefeldt In connection with the murder charge against the serial killer Adolf Seefeldt, Wilhelm Hallermann summarized that the eleven-year-old student Gustav Thomas had not been poisoned, but that, based on microscopic examinations, bloodshot pressure points on his neck would indicate strangulation.

References

Bibliography Herber, Friedrich (2002). Gerichtsmedizin unterm Hakenkreuz [Forensic medicine under the swastika] (in German) (1st ed.). Leipzig: Militzke. ISBN 978-3-86189-249-6. Klee, Ernst (2003). Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich [The personal lexicon of the Third Reich] (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 978-3-10-039309-8.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Wilhelm Hallermann

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Wilhelm Hallermann claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Wilhelm Hallermann before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Wilhelm Hallermann ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Wilhelm Hallermann

In research: Wilhelm Hallermann appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Wilhelm Hallermann in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Wilhelm Hallermann is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1901 births, 1975 deaths, German people of World War II, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Wilhelm Hallermann outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Wilhelm Hallermann in simple terms?

Wilhelm Hallermann was a German lawyer, professor at Kiel University from 1941 until 1971, a member of the Nazi party since 1937 and a SA member since 1933. Education Hallermann began his medical studies in 1920 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Why does Wilhelm Hallermann matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Wilhelm Hallermann?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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