Heinrich von Hayek

Heinrich von Hayek after 1919 as Heinrich Hayek (29 October 1900 – 28 September 1969) was an Austrian anatomist and comparative zoologist. He been a member of the NSDAP from 1938 (member number 5518677) and was involved in anatomical studies, several made on the bodies of victims executed by the Third Reich. A major and influential work resulting from this was a book on the human lung Die Menschliche Lunge (1953).[1][2]

  1. ^ Hildebrandt, Sabine (2022). "Books, bones and bodies: The relevance of the history of anatomy in Nazi Germany for medical education today". The Anatomical Record. 305 (4): 886–901. doi:10.1002/ar.24691. ISSN 1932-8486.
  2. ^ Hayek, Heinrich von (1960). The human lung. Translated by Krahl, Vernon E. New York: Hafner Publishing Company, Inc. – via Internet Archive.