German Society for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin (DGKJ) is the scientific specialist society for pediatrics and adolescent medicine in Germany, with 20,000 child and adolescent physicians as members. Its stated goal is the best possible health care for children and adolescents, and it represents pediatrics in professional circles, in politics and in the public sphere. The society traces its annual meetings back to its founding session in 1883, and it maintains historical documentation including an exhibition project on pediatricians and medical crimes against children during the Nazi era and a database on the fate of Jewish pediatricians from 1933 to 1945.

The DGKJ's annual meetings are documented since its founding session in 1883. The society maintains historical records including an overview of its presidents and honorary members, an exhibition project titled "Kinderärzte und die Medizinverbrechen an Kindern in der NS-Zeit" (Pediatricians and the medical crimes against children during the Nazi era), and a database documenting the fate of Jewish pediatricians from 1933 to 1945. It also presents material on pediatrics after 1945 in the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR. The society's historical files, reaching back to the 19th century, along with the archive of the former Gesellschaft für Pädiatrie der DDR, were transferred as a deposit to the university archive of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Scientific specialist society representing pediatrics in professional circles, politics and the public.

1. 1Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin – DGKJ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin e.V.dgkj.de
2. 2Geschichte der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin e.V.dgkj.de
3. 3Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizinwikidata.org