Ludwig Guttmann collection

Ludwig Guttmann (1899-1980) was a neurologist, reknowned for establishing the Paralympic Games in England. A German Jew, who began his studies at Breslau University in 1918, transferring to Freiburg University where he received his doctorate in 1924. During the Nazi era he was banned from practising medicine professionally but was allowed to treat Jews only. He became the director of the Jewish hospital in Breslau. He came to Great Britain with his family with the help of the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics. In 1943 he established the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire.