Gerhard Buchwald was a German medical doctor and vaccination critic

Vaccine controversy

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 from Eisenberg, Thuringia

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.

Buchwald studied medicine in Königsberg

Königsberg

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 (now Kaliningrad

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), Danzig (Gdańsk

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), and Jena

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 and obtained his doctorate at the University of Hamburg

University of Hamburg

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. From 1970 to 1982 he was senior physician at the Klinik Franken of the Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte in Bad Steben

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, and from 1982 to 1989 he was chief physician at the Klinik am Park in Bad Steben. Since 1990 he has been retired.

Publications

• Impfen - Das Geschäft mit der Angst ISBN 3-426-87031-2 (English version: Vaccination - A Business Based on Fear ISBN 3-8334-0162-1) by Dr. med. G. Buchwald
• The Vaccination Nonsense (2004 Lectures) - Dr. med. G. Buchwald ISBN 3-8334-2508-3
• The Decline of Tuberculosis despite "protective" Vaccination by Dr. Gerhard Buchwald M.D. ISBN 3-88721-175-8
• Buchwald G. [See Related Articles] [Convulsive disease recognized by a court decision as a vaccination injury following smallpox vaccination]. Med Welt. 1967 Jun 17;24:1488-91. German. No abstract available.PMID: 4389310; UI: 69226516.
• Buchwald G. [See Related Articles] [Letter: Smallpox vaccination: more harm than benefit]. MMW Munch Med Wochenschr. 1975 Mar 7;117(10):411-2. German. No abstract available.PMID: 804606; UI: 75138089.
• Buchwald G, et al.[Against compulsory smallpox vaccination]. Med Welt. 1972 May 13;23(20):758-60. German. No abstract available. PMID: 5037193; UI: 72214698.