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In Memoriam Professor Dr. Helmut Coper

2014; Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany); Volume: 47; Issue: 02 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1055/s-0034-1371815

1439-0795

Hans Rommelspacher,

Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices

Helmut Coper had a pioneering spirit: not only as a founding editor of the journal Pharmacopsychiatry but also in the academic field. During his studies at the University of Berlin (now Humboldt University) he came into conflict with the growing Marxist-Leninist indoctrination by members of the university. When 3 of his fellow students were expelled after publishing an article exposing the political background behind the rector’s election, he and others called for the foundation of a free university in the Western sectors of the city.