Theodor Gilbert Morell (22 July 1886 – 26 May 1948) was a German doctor known for acting as Adolf Hitler’s personal physician. Morell was well known in Germany for his unconventional treatments. He assisted Hitler daily in virtually everything he did for several years, and was beside Hitler until the last stages of the Battle of Berlin.
Theodor Morell was born in Münzenberg on 22nd July 1890. His family was reportedly partly Jewish .After obtaining a medical degree he served as a ship’s doctor. He eventually established a practice in Berlin as a specialist in skin and venereal diseases. Many well-known actors and film stars were his patients. He told Albert Speer that he studied with Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, the famous Russian biologist and Nobel Prize winner, who taught him the art of combating bacterial diseases.
In 1935 Heinrich Hoffman, who worked as a photographer for Adolf Hitler, was treated by…
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