Siemens, hermann werner

Biographical details
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(¤ 20.8.1891, † 1969) Herrmann Werner Siemens was born in Charlottenburg/Berlin as the son of the technical director of Siemens&Halske AG. He studied medicine in Munich and Berlin. 1918 Doctorate on a topic in hereditary biology. Dermatological training with J. Jadassohn in Breslau and v. Zumbusch in Munich. 1927 Appointment as a full professor in Munich. 1929 appointment to the dermatological chair in Leiden. 1934 Call to the then largest dermatological university clinic in Leipzig. Due to an intervention of the "Reichsärzteführer" Gerhard Wagner, this position went to the scientifically completely insignificant Bodo Spiethoff (NSDAP party member since 1931!). During the Second World War Siemens took an active stand against National Socialism. After the occupation of Holland by German troops, he was removed from office by the National Socialist regime for three years and sentenced to imprisonment in a concentration camp because of his anti-National Socialist stance. After the 2nd World War, he again received the ordinariate he was entitled to in Leiden.
Field(s) of research: Hereditary biology; Hallopeau-Siemens syndrome (Epidermolysis bullosa hereditaria dystrophica sive dysplastica); Ichthyosis bullosa Siemens; Keratosis palmoplantaris striata Brünauer-Fuchs-Siemens.