History of orthopedics in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1945 to 1990

Presentation of a brief history of the scientific society from the end of W orld War II until the fall of the Iron Curtain, taking into consideration t he milieu inside and outside the field of orthopedics. Throughout, the inte ntion was to provide facts and sufficient references for further reading, w ith special emphasis on the biographies of the public figures mentioned. At tention should be directed in particular to the history of the society publ ished in 1963.