[Urology, gynecology, and andrology united against infertility? : The careers of Boris Belonoschkin (1906-1988)]

Abstract

Male arrogance, medical ignorance of anatomy and functioning of the human genitals, and social reservations about sex education have hampered urological and gynecological research since the 1920s. This changed under the premises of National Socialism when some physicians willing to cooperate were given the opportunity to perform human experiments. The gynecologist Boris Belonoschkin was one of them. He continued his career in Sweden after 1945, where he became an internationally respected scholar. As such, he was able to bring books of his former German colleagues to international attention again. He also promoted andrological research in Western Germany.

Keywords: Fertility; Human experimentations; National socialism; Sexual science; Sterility.