Hans Conrad Julius Reiter (February 26, 1881 – November 25, 1969) was a German physician convicted of war crimes for his medical experiments at the concentration camp at Buchenwald. He wrote a book on "racial hygiene" called Deutsches Gold, Gesundes Leben - Frohes Schaffen.
Reiter was born in Reudnitz near Hessen in Germany. He studied medicine at Leipzig and Breslau (now Wrocław) and received a doctorate from Tübingen on the subject of tuberculosis. After receiving his doctorate, he went on to study at the hygiene institute in Berlin, the Pasteur Institute in Paris and St. Mary's Hospital in London, where he worked with Sir Almroth Wright for two years. Reiter was also known for implementing strict anti-smoking laws in Nazi Germany.
Read more about Hans Conrad Julius Reiter: First World War, 1918–1939, Second World War, Later Life, Controversy
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