The Memorial to the X-ray and Radium Martyrs of All Nations, or Ehrenmal der Radiologie in German, is a monument inside the St George's Hospital in Hamburg.
As the main inscription states, it is dedicated "TO THE ROENTGENOLOGISTS AND RADIOLOGISTS OF ALL NATIONS, TO THE DOCTORS, PHYSICISTS, CHEMISTS, TECHNICIANS, LABORATORY ASSISTANTS AND NURSES WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DISEASE. THEY WERE VALIANT PIONEERS IN THE EFFECTIVE AND SAFE USE OF X-RAYS AND RADIUM IN MEDICINE. IMMORTAL IS THE GLORY OF THE WORK OF THE DEAD"1.
When originally unveiled, in 1936, the monument listed 169 names. In 1959, "there were 359, with the additions listed on four separate stone plaques, beside the original columnar stone memorial".
- Photo from Wikimedia Commons (2012)
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Bibliography
- Hermann Holthusen, Hans Meyer und Werner Molineus, Ehrenbuch der Röntgenologen und Radiologen aller Nationen, Von Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munchen und Berlin 1959, pp. 268