Alfred Erich Hoche (German pronunciation: [ˈalfʁeːt ˈeːʁɪç ˈhɔxə]; August 1, 1865 in Wildenhain, Province of Saxony - May 16, 1943 in Baden-Baden) was a German psychiatrist well-known for his writings about eugenics and euthanasia.
Hoche studied in Berlin and Heidelberg and became a psychiatrist in 1890. He moved to Strasbourg in 1891. From 1902 he was a professor at Freiburg im Breisgau and was a director of the psychiatric clinic there. He was ...
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Alfred Erich Hoche (German pronunciation: [ˈalfʁeːt ˈeːʁɪç ˈhɔxə]; August 1, 1865 in Wildenhain, Province of Saxony - May 16, 1943 in Baden-Baden) was a German psychiatrist well-known for his writings about eugenics and euthanasia.
Hoche studied in Berlin and Heidelberg and became a psychiatrist in 1890. He moved to Strasbourg in 1891. From 1902 he was a professor at Freiburg im Breisgau and was a director of the psychiatric clinic there. He was a major opponent of the psychoanalysis theories of Sigmund Freud. Hoche's body of work on the classification system of mental illness had great influence. He also published poetry under the pseudonym Alfred Erich.
According to Michael Burleigh's book "Death and Deliverance" he was married to a Jew and left his post at Freiburg after National Socialists came to power. He was privately critical of Nazi euthanasia program after it claimed one of his relatives despite its rationale being based on his own ideas.
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