Hans Müller (physician)

Hans Müller ( doctor ) (* 1915 in Dusseldorf, † 1994 in Beijing) was a German - Chinese doctor.

Life

Hans Müller grew up in a wealthy family with a Jewish father and with Albert Ballin related mother - in Dusseldorf Golzheim. After visiting the Humboldt -Gymnasium in Dusseldorf he studied medicine in Basel.

After completing his studies in 1939 he did not return because of his Jewish origin returned to Germany, but wandered through France to Hong Kong, on the recommendation of a Chinese university friend, who then also the acquaintance Song Qingling gave him. With the help of the influential Song Qingling Hans Müller arrived with the last transport to Yan'an, the headquarters of the Communist Party of China, where he worked for two years as a doctor in the local hospital. With the first X-ray machine there he shone by Mao Zedong.

Meanwhile, Hans Müller identified with the goals of the Communist Party of China and the fight against fascism. He was able to can be shifted to a fighting unit of the People's Liberation Army, where he took care of the wounded and eventually fell ill with typhoid fever. After the war, in 1945 he tried to return to Germany, which he did not succeed because of the Chinese Civil War. During the war, unsuccessfully sought him from his mother from Shanghai, while his father survived the deportation.

By 1949, Hans Müller remained with the People's Liberation Army, where he met his future wife, the Japanese Kyoko Nakamura, with whom he later had a daughter Mimi. In 1951, the Chinese citizenship. He cared for the expansion of medical care in northern China and has held senior positions in hospitals. He criticized the traditional Chinese medicine and participated in the hepatitis research with development of a vaccine is still used, for which he received the highest national award for medicine. In 1974 he paid a short visit Dusseldorf. In 1983 he was elected to the National People's Congress. He died after decades of heart disease.