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'''Ryke Geerd Hamer''' (born 1935) is a physician barred from practicing medicine in Germany. In 1981 he started a controversial, pseudoscientific alternative medicine that he first called New Medicine and later [[New Germanic Medicine]] (a registered trademark).
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'''Ryke Geerd Hamer''' (born May 17, 1935) is a barred German physician. In 1981 he created a controversial, pseudo-scientific alternative medicine that he first called New Medicine and later [[Germanic New Medicine]] (a registered trademark).
  
Hamer has been prosecuted in several European countries for the illegal practice of medicine. He lives now (2008) in Norway. In an interview given in September 2007 he said that he fled from Spain to Norway in order to escape an arrest warrant from Germany for incitement of hatred against a minority of the population (article 130 of the German criminal code). Hamer has made many public statements in open letters and on webpages against Jews and accused an ''international Jewish conspiracy'' (in particular the New York based B’nai B’rith) of having killed two billion people by hiding the truth about the New Medicine. His lawyer Koch wrote in a fax that the fax number +47 33 464950, which belongs to a person in southern Norway (Sandefjord), is Hamer’s. In may 2008, Hamer said in an open letter that his address in norway would be his publishing company address in Sandefjord, ''Germanische Neue Medizin Forlag Dr. Hamer'' in '' Sandkollveien 11, N-3229 Sandefjord'' <ref>GERMANISCHE NEUE MEDIZIN FORLAG DR. HAMER. SANDKOLLVEIEN 11, 3229 SANDEFJORD. Innehaver: HAMER RYKE GEERD. Telefon: +47 33 522133. Telefax: +47 33 522134. [http://www.pilhar.com/Hamer/Korrespo/2008/20080520_Hamer_an_Kaiser.htm]</ref>.
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Hamer has been prosecuted for illegal practice of medicine in various European countries. As of 2007, he lives in Norway. In an interview dated back to September 2007, he mentioned he fled from Spain to Norway in March 2007 in order to escape a warrant for his arrest from Germany, for incitement of hatred against a minority of the population (article 130 of the German criminal code). Hamer made numerous public antisemitic statements in open letters and on web pages and accused an ''international Zionist conspiracy'' (in particular the New York based B’nai B’rith) of having killed two billion people by hiding the truth about New Medicine. In a fax, his lawyer Koch stated that the fax number +47&nbsp;33&nbsp;464950, which belongs to a person in southern Norway (Sandefjord), was Hamer's. In May 2008, Hamer said in an open letter that his postal address in Norway was the same as his publishing company address in Sandefjord, ''Germanische Neue Medizin Forlag Dr.&nbsp;Hamer'' in ''Sandkollveien&nbsp;11, N-3229&nbsp;Sandefjord''.<ref>GERMANISCHE NEUE MEDIZIN FORLAG DR.&nbsp;HAMER. SANDKOLLVEIEN&nbsp;11, 3229&nbsp;SANDEFJORD. Innehaver: HAMER RYKE GEERD. Telefon: +47&nbsp;33&nbsp;522133. Telefax: +47&nbsp;33&nbsp;522134. [http://www.pilhar.com/Hamer/Korrespo/2008/20080520_Hamer_an_Kaiser.htm]</ref>
  
==biography of Ryke Geerd Hamer==
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==Biography==
 
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[[image:Hamer1.jpg|thumb]]The internet lists many different biografies of Hamer showing evident differences between them. This article refers only to data that was extracted from different sentences of the Hamer-trials and lawsuits, articles published in newspapers, radio and tv-transmissions and some statements of people working formely with Hamer. Hamer made himself statements that differ a lot from court records.
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Various web pages list many different biographies of Hamer, showing many differences. This article only refers to information taken from various court papers of Hamer's trials and lawsuits, articles published in newspapers, radio and TV broadcasts and several statements from people who formerly worked with Hamer. Hamer's own statements differ significantly from information in court records.
 
   
 
   
Ryke Geerd Hamer was born May 17, 1935 in Mettmann (Germany) beeing the third-oldest out of four brothers. Hamer states however to have five brothers or sisters. His mother was of italian origin. He grew up in the north-western part of Germany called Ostfriesland where he lived in the house of his grandfather until the age of 7. The name of his father is perhaps Heinrich Hamer, who was a protestant pastor in Meschede from 1945 to 1969. In his own book Einer gegen Alle (one against all) Hamer said that his father's name would be Heinz. Hamer terminated school in Krefeld and studied theology and medicine in Tübingen and Erlangen (Germany). Hamer said that he studied 8 semester theology and became magister theol. He also studied medecine and finished his studies the day 10th of april 1962, after 12 normal semesters, and therefore could not work as physician earlier than that date. (see court files) In 1963 he was granted a professional license as a doctor of medicine at age 28, his doctoral thesis deals about an ophthalmological theme that has nothing to do with his future inventions and ideas. The publication date of his doctoral thesis can be retrieved at the Deutsche Bibliothek, where the thesis is stored. Hamer and some of his followers state that he was allegedly Germany's youngest physician. Hamer allegedly attended also some lectures in physics, but he never finished any study in physics and can not be considered therefore to be a physicist or to have a good knowledge in physics. In Tübingen he met Sigrid Oldenburg, a medical student who later became his wife in 1956 and who became also physician. In february 1972, after 10 long years (usually only 5 years are needed in Germany) Hamer completed his specialization in internal medicine. He was never a head physician or head of a clinic department as Hamer states whithout any proof. He was not a psychiatrist, gynecologist, radiologist or onclogist as some people state on different webpages in the internet or publish it in several books. He was never a lecturer or professor. His attempts to become a professor failed because the university of Tübingen did not accept his lecture qualification ''Das Dirk-Hamer-Syndrom und die eiserne Regel des Krebses'' in 1982 for quality reasons, after having examined it. Hamer worked then in several private practices together with his wife from 1964 to 1986 and opened at least three private clinics leaded by himself to experiment his new medicine on cancer patients. In 1972 Hamer moves to Hamburg where he tried to conclude a real-estate affair that failed however. Details about that are reported in an article of the newspaper Stern:...''between 1967 and 1976 he [Hamer] and his wife Sigrid, beeing also a physician, are working in the area of Heidelberg, with the exception of a short period in Hamburg...in 1972 Hamer moved to Hamburg-Blankenese. From now on he called himself ''Hamer von Fumetti'' and wanted to build up some apartments in an old Villa. But there was not enough money and and a court forbid him to use the name ''von Fumetti''. The former ''Sir von Fumetti'' returned to Heidelberg with a lot of debts and he opened another practice... <ref>article in ''Stern'' date november 24, 1983</ref>
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Ryke Geerd Hamer was born on May&nbsp;17, 1935 in Mettmann (Germany), as the third of four brothers. Hamer, however, claims he has five siblings. His mother was Italian. He grew up East Frisia (German: Ostfriesland) where he lived with his grandfather until the age of&nbsp;7. The name of his father is perhaps Heinrich Hamer. Heinrich Hamer was a Protestant pastor in Meschede from 1945 to 1969. In his book Einer gegen Alle ("One against All") Hamer said his father's name was Heinz. Hamer finished high school in Krefeld and studied theology and medicine in Tübingen and Erlangen, Germany. According to Hamer, he studied theology for 8&nbsp;terms and became master theologist. He also studied medicine and finished this course of studies on April&nbsp;10, 1962, after 12&nbsp;terms, and therefore could not have worked as physician earlier than that date (see court files). In 1963, he was granted a professional license as a doctor of medicine at the age of&nbsp;28; his doctoral thesis deals with an ophthalmological topic that has nothing to do with his later ideas and hypothesis. The publication date of his doctoral thesis can be retrieved at the Deutsche Bibliothek where his thesis is stored. Hamer and some of his followers state he was allegedly Germany's youngest physician. Hamer allegedly also attended lectures in physics, but he never finished this course and therefore cannot be considered a physicist or to have good knowledge in physics. In Tübingen he met Sigrid Oldenburg, a medical student who became his wife in 1956 and who also became a physician. In February 1972, after 10&nbsp;long years (the usual time for specialization in Germany is only 5&nbsp;years), Hamer completed his specialization in internal medicine. He never held positions as a head physician or the head of a clinic department, as Hamer claims without any proof. He was not a psychiatrist, gynaecologist, radiologist or oncologist, as some people state on various web pages or published in several books. He was never a lecturer or a professor. His attempts to become a professor failed as the University of Tübingen did not accept his lecture qualification ''Das Dirk-Hamer-Syndrom und die eiserne Regel des Krebses'' in 1982 for good reasons, after having examined it. Hamer then worked in several private practices together with his wife from 1964 to 1986 and opened at least three private clinics lead by himself to experiment his New Medicine on cancer patients. In 1972, Hamer moved to Hamburg where he tried to conclude a real-estate deal which later fell. Details are reported in an article of the magazine Stern: ''[...] between 1967 and 1976 he [Hamer] and his wife Sigrid, also a physician, work in the area of Heidelberg, with the exception of a short period in Hamburg [...] in 1972, Hamer moved to Hamburg-Blankenese. From now on he called himself ''Hamer von Fumetti'' and planned to convert an old villa into apartments. But he did not have sufficient financial means and a court forbade his use of the name ''von Fumetti''. The former ''Sir von Fumetti'' returned to Heidelberg with considerable debts and opened another practice [...]<ref>article in ''Stern'' date November&nbsp;24, 1983</ref>
In 1976 Hamer was forced to return his accreditation for payments by the ''kassenärztliche Vereinigung Nordbaden'' as there were ''financial irregularities''. During the same years he moves to Weiterstadt where he gets a credit of 70.000 DM (35.000 Euro) from the community of Weiterstadt to arrange his practice. But Hamer will never open that practice and according to the newspaper Stern he will not pay back the credit, and moved instead to Italy. In 1978 his wife also returned her KÄV-accreditation. During that period Hamer patented several inventions. Hamer invented an electric scalpel (''Hamer-scalpel''), an electrically powered chain-saw for bones, a particular couch for patients and an injection technique. His inventions had no economic success, on the contrary: they created new financial problems. The german company Kienzle tried to market his Hamer-scalpel but it was discovered later that this instrument did cause severe tissue-damage when used in curves. Kienzle and Hamers debtees asked to return back money payed in advance and they demanded a declaration of bankruptcy. Hamer left Germany therefore in 1978 and moved to Rome (via Cassia 1280 and via Margutta). According to the sentence of the court OVG-Koblenz in 1990, Hamer had filed 39 entries in the public list of german debtors.
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In 1976 Hamer was forced to return his accreditation for payments by the ''Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Nordbaden'' as there were ''financial irregularities''. During the same year, he moved to Weiterstadt where he obtained a credit of 70,000&nbsp;DM (35.000&nbsp;Euro) from the Weiterstadt municipality to arrange his practice. But Hamer never opened that practice and according to Stern magazine, he also did not pay back the credit, and moved to Italy instead. In 1978, his wife returned her KÄV-accreditation, too. During that period, Hamer patented several inventions. Hamer invented an electric scalpel (''Hamer scalpel''), an electrically powered chainsaw for bones, a particular couch for patients, and an injection technique. His inventions had no success, and would later cause more financial troubles. German company Kienzle tried to market the Hamer scalpel but later discovered that this device caused severe tissue damage when used in curves. Kienzle and Hamer's creditors insisted on his returning monies paid in advance and demanded a declaration of bankruptcy. Hamer therefore left Germany in 1978 and moved to Rome (via Cassia 1280 and via Margutta). According to the sentence of the court OVG Koblenz in 1990, Hamer had 39&nbsp;entries in various lists of German debtors.
  
==The Dirk Hamer incident==
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==The Dirk Hamer Incident==
 
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According to rumors, his son Dirk was expelled from Italy because of ''resitance to authority''. This son Dirk was shot in his leg the day 17 of august 1978, while sleeping under deck on a yacht near Corsika island (Cavallo island France). Dirk Hamer was not the real target, according to witnesses, the target was in fact the roman ''play-boy doctor'' Nicky Pende (son of the doctor of the shooting person who became later friend of Hamer's daughter Birgit, a well known film actress). The bullet traveled across an ancored boat and finally perforated the external hull of a second motor-yacht where Dirk Hamer was sleeping. The M1-rifle bullet was shot in the night by the italian aristocrat Vittorio Emanuele (son of Italy's last king Umberto II) who was drunken. He was upset because someone used his inflatable tender boat without asking him first. It was the son of his private physician who used this tender boat to return to his boat after a visit in a local restaurant. In the same restaurant Vittorio Emanuele had also his dinner, sitting at a neighbouring table. Dirk Hamer was hospitalized very late first into a small corsican clinic, and later into a clinic in Marseille where one leg was amputated. After a protracted medical course in Marseille and Heidelberg, Dirk Hamer died on December 7, 1978 in Heidelberg. His father Hamer displaced him from Marseille to a clinic in Heidelberg against the expressed wish of the competent french surgeons in Marseille. On august 18 1991 the Paris Assize Court did not find Vittorio Emanuele guilty of homicide, he was only convicted of the illegal possession of a rifle and sentenced to a six month penalty. When he was incarcerated in June 2006 (many years later) on charges of corruption, Vittorio Emanuele voice was recorded by a hidden bug in his cellar. In the recording Emanuele was admitting in reference to the death of Dirk Hamer that "..I was in the wrong, [...] but I must say I fooled them [the French judges]..". After the death of his son, Hamer declared in newspaper articles that Vittorio Emanuele had allegedly offered him 2 milion DM (1 milion Euro, about 1,5 milion USD) to avoid any further lawsuit. Later he declared even that 10 milions of DM have been offered to him. But in reality, the two families decide a payment of only 500000 FF (french francs - which is much less) and Vittorio Emanuele payed only 200000 DM (100000 Euro) and argued that the intervention of the father to hospitalize his severly injured son in Germany was the real cause of his death.  
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According to various sources, Hamer's son Dirk was expelled from Italy for 'resisting authorities'. On August&nbsp;17, 1978, Dirk was shot in the leg while sleeping under the deck of a yacht near the island of Corsica (Cavallo Island, France). Dirk Hamer was not the intended target, according to witnesses, the intended target was Italian ''playboy doctor'' Nicky Pende. The bullet traveled across an anchored boat and finally perforated the external hull of a second motor-yacht where Dirk Hamer slept. The M1 rifle bullet was shot in the night by Italian aristocrat Vittorio Emanuele (son of Italy's last king Umberto&nbsp;II), who was drunk. He was upset because someone used his inflatable tender without asking for his permission. It was the son of his private physician who used this tender to return to his boat after a visit to a local restaurant. Vittorio Emanuele had dinner at the same restaurant, sitting in a nearby table. Dirk Hamer was hospitalized, first at a small Corsican clinic, then later taken to a hospital in Marseille, France where one of his legs were amputated. After a protracted medical course in Marseille and Heidelberg, Dirk Hamer died in Heidelberg on December&nbsp;7, 1978. Hamer&nbsp;Sr had Dirk transported from Marseille to a clinic in Heidelberg against the explicit wishes of French surgeons in Marseille. On August&nbsp;18, 1991, the Paris Assize Court ruled Vittorio Emanuele not guilty of homicide, he was only convicted of the illegal possession of a rifle and was sentenced to six months in prison. After Vittorio was sent to prison, in 2006, years afterward (in prison for an unrelated corruption charge), a camera bug was hidden inside his cell. In the recording Emanuele referenced the death of Dirk Hamer "[...] I was in the wrong, [...] but I must say I fooled them [the French judges] [..]". After his son's death, Hamer in newspaper articles said that Vittorio Emanuele had allegedly offered him 2&nbsp;million&nbsp;DM (1&nbsp;million&nbsp;Euro, about 1,5&nbsp;million&nbsp;USD) to avoid any further legal proceedings. Later he said that as much as 10&nbsp;million&nbsp;DM was offered to him. However, the two families decided on a payment of only 500,000&nbsp;FF (french francs - which is much less) of which Vittorio Emanuele paid only 200,000&nbsp;DM (100,000&nbsp;Euro) and argued the intervention of Hamer Sr. to hospitalize his son in Germany as contributing to Dirk's death.
The wife of Emanuele, princess Marina Doria, said in an article of the newspaper Stern that in the case of a payment of 2 milions DM, Hamer had asked his daughter Birgit (who was present in Corsika as awitness) to make a legal statement in favor of Vittorio Emanuele during the prosecution. In 2006, Hamer will make a very strange statement in relation to the death of his son: now his son had been killed in 1978 because of his own invention of the new medicine (but that occurred three years later) and he considered his son to be an innocent victim of a complott against his pseudomedical doctrine.
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Emanuele's wife, Princess Marina Doria, in an article of magazine Stern claimed that the families had agreed on a payment of 2&nbsp;million&nbsp;DM, Hamer would have asked his daughter Birgit (who was present in Corsica as a witness) to make a legal statement in favour of Vittorio Emanuele during the prosecution. In 2006, Hamer made an illogical statement in relation to his son's death, claiming that his son had been killed in 1978 because of Hamer's New Medicine (however, this is impossible, as Hamer's New Medicine was first created in 1981, 3 years after Dirk's death) and claimed his son was a victim of a conspiracy against his pseudo-medical doctrine.
  
==Hamer's testicular cancer==
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==Hamer's Testicular Cancer==
Two months after his son's death, Hamer self detected a testicular cancer, which could be cured conventionally by a surgical intervention in the surgical clinic in Tübingen. According to Hamer, the ''shock'' of the death of his son caused him to develop his testicular cancer within only '''two month after''' the event and to cause also breast cancer in his wife Sigrid. His wife was cured by Hamer using his new medicine and was his ''first patient'' as he says in one of his books. She died however in 1985 after having refused any conventional cure by modern medicine, the new medicine could not help her.
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Two months after his son's death, Hamer self diagnosed testicular cancer which was cured conventionally by a surgical intervention in a clinic in Tübingen. According to Hamer, the ''shock'' of his son's death caused him to develop testicular cancer within only '''two months after''' the event, and also to have caused breast cancer with his wife Sigrid. His wife was allegedly cured by Hamer using his New Medicine and thus became his ''first patient'', as Hamer claims in one of his books. She died in 1985, however, after having refused any conventional cure by modern medicine, New Medicine was not able to help her.
  
==The invention of ''New Medicine'' and first years of his experiments with cancer patients==
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==Invention of New Medicine and first years of experiments with cancer patients==
[[image:Rosenhof.jpg|300px|Hamer-clinic ''Sanatorium Rosenhof'' in Bad Krozingen|thumb]]The loss of his son Dirk led Hamer to invent his "New Medicine" in autumn 1981, after his return to Germany. He presents his invention in the german and italian television in october 1981. His killed son Dirk is still playing now an important role as he receives spiritually-transmitted messages of his son in his dreams. His son confirmed his findings says Hamer in one of his books later and urged him to continue to research the new medicine and to publish it. Later he considered his killed son to be the real inventor of new medicine. <ref>...In der Nacht hatte ich einen Traum: Mein Sohn DIRK, von dem ich oft träumte und mit dem ich im Traum beratschlagte, erschien mir im Traum, lächelte sein gutmütiges Lächeln, wie er oft zu lächeln pflegte, und sagte: "Das, was Du gefunden hast Geerd ist richtig, ist vollständig richtig, ich kann es Dir sagen, weil ich jetzt mehr weiß als Du, Du hast es klug herausgefunden...Du kannst es jetzt alles zusammen auf meine Verantwortung veröffentlichen, ich verspreche Dir, Du wirst Dich nicht blamieren, denn es ist die Wahrheit!...Ich war nun beruhigt und von da ab felsenfest davon überzeugt, dass das DIRK-HAMER-SYNDROM zutreffend sei...In der folgenden Nacht träumte ich wieder und ich sprach im Traum wieder mit meinem Sohn DIRK. Er lobte mich und sagte: "Donnerwetter, Geerd, das hast Du aber rasch herausgefunden, sehr gut hast Du das gemacht." Wieder wachte ich auf, war mit einem Schlage vollständig überzeugt von der Richtigkeit meiner Ergebnisse...Ich habe einer Reihe von Menschen, schon damals gleich, und auch später, von meinen Träumen erzählt und gesagt, dass ich im Grunde meinen Sohn DIRK für den Entdecker der EISERNEN REGEL DES KREBS halte...Wer weiß, ob ich mich getraut hätte, weiterzugehen, wenn mein DIRK mir nicht im Traum die Sicherheit gegeben hätte, dass es richtig ist, was ich gefunden habe...</ref> During the same month of october 1981 Hamer presents a written habilitation lecture with the titel ''Das Dirk-Hamer-Syndrom und die eiserne regel des Krebses'' (the Dirk-Hamer syndrome and iron rule of cancer) to the university of Tübingen. This lecture was then scrutinized by two professors. The day 4 of may 1982 his habilitation lecture was unanimoumsly rejected by a board of professors (0 votes in favor to 150 against) because of ''mangelnder Wissenschaftlichkeit und fehlenden Belege'' (lack of scientific quality and lack of references/proofs). <ref>..In den Sitzungen des Habilitationsausschusses der Medizinischen Fakultät der Beklagten am 8.12.1981 und 19.1.1982 wurde Prof. Dr. Schrage - Frauenklinik - und Prof. Dr. Wilms - Medizinische Klinik, Abteilung Innere Medizin - beauftragt, über die eingereichte Arbeit ein Fachgutachten zu erstellen. Am 2.2.1982 erstattete Prof. Dr. Schrage sein Gutachten. Darin ist ausgeführt, dass Form und Methodik der Arbeit den Grundregeln einer Habilitationsschrift nicht entsprechen. Der Kläger entwickle seine Ansichten nicht sachlich und prägnant, sondern der Stil der Arbeit sei geprägt durch persönlich-emotionale Momente. Auch nehme er keinerlei Bezug auf die vorhandene umfangreiche Literatur. Die Anschauungen des Klägers seien auch als Spekulation nicht zu akzeptieren. Auch der Zweitgutachter Prof. Dr. Wilms legte in seinem Gutachten vom 11.3.1982 dar, dass Form und methodisches Vorgehen des Klägers in seiner Arbeit nicht den Regeln einer wissenschaftlichen Publikation entsprechen. Eine Auseinandersetzung mit der Literatur zu den Entstehungstheorien des Krebses fehle vollständig. Der Kläger äußere sich ohne sachliche Argumentation entweder polemisch oder sensitiv als Außenseiter der sogenannten Schulmedizin. Eine wissenschaftlichen Kriterien genügende, reproduzierbare Darstellung der Methodik insbesondere bei der Auswahl des Krankengutes und der Durchführung der Patientengespräche fehle ebenfalls vollständig. Die Nomenklatur des Klägers erwecke in vielen Bereichen den Eindruck einer Pseudowissenschaftlichkeit. Der vom Kläger postulierte zeitliche Zusammenhang zwischen Konflikt und Krebsentstehung sei an keinem der vom Kläger dargestellten Beispiele schlüssig nachgewiesen. Zusammenfassend ist der Gutachter der Auffassung, dass der Fakultät die Annahme der Arbeit als Habilitationsleistung nicht empfohlen werden könne, da diese an gravierenden formalen, methodischen und sachlichen Mängel leide. Am 4.5.1982 lehnte der Habilitationsausschuss der Medizinischen Fakultät nach Bekanntgabe der Gutachten und abschließender Diskussion einstimmig die Anerkennung der eingereichten Arbeit des Klägers als Habilitationsleistung ab..</ref> According to the university of Tübingen, the work of Hamer was not objective but influenced by ''personal moments''. The work presented no references to former published work and had qualities ''of a pseudoscience''. His work was not presented in a way to be validated later says the judgement of the university of Tübingen.
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The loss of his son Dirk led Hamer to invent his "New Medicine" in autumn 1981, after his return to Germany. He presented his invention in German and Italian television in October 1981. His son Dirk still today plays an important role as Hamer claims to receive spiritually transmitted messages from his son in his dreams. His son confirmed his results, Hamer later said in one of his books, and urged him to continue research of New Medicine and to publish the results. Later he considered his son to be the real inventor of New Medicine.<ref>[...] In der Nacht hatte ich einen Traum: Mein Sohn DIRK, von dem ich oft träumte und mit dem ich im Traum beratschlagte, erschien mir im Traum, lächelte sein gutmütiges Lächeln, wie er oft zu lächeln pflegte, und sagte: "Das, was Du gefunden hast Geerd ist richtig, ist vollständig richtig, ich kann es Dir sagen, weil ich jetzt mehr weiß als Du, Du hast es klug herausgefunden [...] Du kannst es jetzt alles zusammen auf meine Verantwortung veröffentlichen, ich verspreche Dir, Du wirst Dich nicht blamieren, denn es ist die Wahrheit! [...] Ich war nun beruhigt und von da ab felsenfest davon überzeugt, dass das DIRK-HAMER-SYNDROM zutreffend sei [...] In der folgenden Nacht träumte ich wieder und ich sprach im Traum wieder mit meinem Sohn DIRK. Er lobte mich und sagte: "Donnerwetter, Geerd, das hast Du aber rasch herausgefunden, sehr gut hast Du das gemacht." Wieder wachte ich auf, war mit einem Schlage vollständig überzeugt von der Richtigkeit meiner Ergebnisse [...] Ich habe einer Reihe von Menschen, schon damals gleich, und auch später, von meinen Träumen erzählt und gesagt, dass ich im Grunde meinen Sohn DIRK für den Entdecker der EISERNEN REGEL DES KREBS halte [...] Wer weiß, ob ich mich getraut hätte, weiterzugehen, wenn mein DIRK mir nicht im Traum die Sicherheit gegeben hätte, dass es richtig ist, was ich gefunden habe [...]</ref> During the same month of October 1981, Hamer presented a written habilitation lecture with the title ''Das Dirk-Hamer-Syndrom und die eiserne Regel des Krebses'' (the Dirk-Hamer syndrome and iron rule of cancer) to the University of Tübingen. This lecture was then scrutinized by two professors. On May&nbsp;4 1982, this habilitation lecture was unanimously rejected by a board of professors (0&nbsp;votes in favor to 150&nbsp;against) due to ''mangelnder Wissenschaftlichkeit und fehlenden Belege'' (lack of scientific quality and lack of references/proofs).<ref>[..] In den Sitzungen des Habilitationsausschusses der Medizinischen Fakultät der Beklagten am 8.12.1981 und 19.1.1982 wurde Prof.&nbsp;Dr. Schrage - Frauenklinik - und Prof.&nbsp;Dr. Wilms - Medizinische Klinik, Abteilung Innere Medizin - beauftragt, über die eingereichte Arbeit ein Fachgutachten zu erstellen. Am 2.2.1982 erstattete Prof.&nbsp;Dr. Schrage sein Gutachten. Darin ist ausgeführt, dass Form und Methodik der Arbeit den Grundregeln einer Habilitationsschrift nicht entsprechen. Der Kläger entwickle seine Ansichten nicht sachlich und prägnant, sondern der Stil der Arbeit sei geprägt durch persönlich-emotionale Momente. Auch nehme er keinerlei Bezug auf die vorhandene umfangreiche Literatur. Die Anschauungen des Klägers seien auch als Spekulation nicht zu akzeptieren. Auch der Zweitgutachter Prof.&nbsp;Dr. Wilms legte in seinem Gutachten vom 11.3.1982 dar, dass Form und methodisches Vorgehen des Klägers in seiner Arbeit nicht den Regeln einer wissenschaftlichen Publikation entsprechen. Eine Auseinandersetzung mit der Literatur zu den Entstehungstheorien des Krebses fehle vollständig. Der Kläger äußere sich ohne sachliche Argumentation entweder polemisch oder sensitiv als Außenseiter der sogenannten Schulmedizin. Eine wissenschaftlichen Kriterien genügende, reproduzierbare Darstellung der Methodik insbesondere bei der Auswahl des Krankengutes und der Durchführung der Patientengespräche fehle ebenfalls vollständig. Die Nomenklatur des Klägers erwecke in vielen Bereichen den Eindruck einer Pseudowissenschaftlichkeit. Der vom Kläger postulierte zeitliche Zusammenhang zwischen Konflikt und Krebsentstehung sei an keinem der vom Kläger dargestellten Beispiele schlüssig nachgewiesen. Zusammenfassend ist der Gutachter der Auffassung, dass der Fakultät die Annahme der Arbeit als Habilitationsleistung nicht empfohlen werden könne, da diese an gravierenden formalen, methodischen und sachlichen Mängel leide. Am 4.5.1982 lehnte der Habilitationsausschuss der Medizinischen Fakultät nach Bekanntgabe der Gutachten und abschließender Diskussion einstimmig die Anerkennung der eingereichten Arbeit des Klägers als Habilitationsleistung ab [...]</ref> According to the University of Tübingen, Hamer's work was not objective but influenced by ''personal momentum''. The work presented no references to formerly published work and had qualities ''of a pseudo-science''. His work was not presented in a way to be validated later, says the evaluation of the University of Tübingen.
  
In 1982 Hamer returns definitively to Germany and opens a private clinic in Bad Krozingen. The clinics name is ''Sanatorium Rosenhof'' and Hamer was the only physician present. He cannot wait longer to experiment his new medicine on cancer patients. But the new medicine cure of the cancer patients was a desaster: after the clinic had been closed, two journalists could identify fifty former cancer patients of the Sanatorium Rosenhof and found out that only 7 of them survived and they published a report in a critic newspaper article <ref>article "Der Stern" novembre 24, 1983, authors: Teja Fiedler and Cordt Schnippen. Faxsimile: [http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern_1.jpg] [http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern_2.jpg] [http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern_3.jpg] [http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern_4.jpg] [http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern_5.jpg] [http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern.htm] </ref>
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In 1982 Hamer returned to Germany and opened a private clinic in Bad Krozingen. The clinic's name was ''Sanatorium Rosenhof'' and Hamer was the only physician present. He did not want to wait any longer to experiment his New Medicine on cancer patients. But New Medicine proved a desaster for cancer patients: after the clinic had been closed by authorities, two journalists were able to identify fifty former cancer patients of Sanatorium Rosenhof and established that only&nbsp;7 of them survived. They published a report in a critical newspaper article.<ref>article "Der Stern" November&nbsp;24, 1983, authors: Teja Fiedler and Cordt Schnibben. Facsimile: [http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern_1.jpg][http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern_2.jpg][http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern_3.jpg][http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern_4.jpg] [http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern_5.jpg] [http://www.ariplex.com/agb/a70205/stern.htm]</ref>
  
In 1983 Hamer opens an illegale private clinic called ''Haus Dammersmoor'' in Gyhum near Bremen (lower Saxonia) in Dammersmoorerweg 17 where he was the only physician. This clinic will be closed later by the authorities. Hamer declares years later that ''some of his patients'' died in his clinic because of ''critic'' newspaper articles about him and his clinic.  
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In 1983, Hamer opened another illegal private clinic called ''Haus Dammersmoor'' in Gyhum near Bremen (Lower Saxony) at Dammersmoorerweg&nbsp;17, where he once again was the only physician present. This clinic, too, was to be closed by authorities. Hamer years later claimed that ''some of his patients'' died in his clinic due to ''critical'' newspaper articles about him and his clinic.
  
The day 12th of april 1985 dies his wife Sigrid. She had breast cancer. The same year 1985 Hamer tells a nurse in a chat in one of his clinics (Katzenelnbogen) that his wife did not believe in his methods and that she died because of her scepticism (see: [[Testimonies_of_former_associates_of_Hamer]]). In one of his own books <ref>Hamer RG: book ''Krebs - Krankheit der Seele, page 28 (cancer - disease of the soul)</ref> he talks about the deadly disease of his wife saying something very different: ...''by the way, the first patient that i could cure after finding the IRON RULE OF CANCER was my wife who had a node in her left breast, but we knew the conflict, namely to be kicked off the appartment in via Margutta [Rome], the appartment belonged to the cousine of the murderer [Vittorio Emanuele]. But we knew also the therapy. My wife is the most intelligent person i ever saw. She understood, and she recovered. The conflict was resolved. The node regressed...'' A french website making propaganda for the new medicine is talking about five consecutive cured cancer diseases of Hamer's wife.
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On April&nbsp;12 1985, his wife Sigrid died of breast cancer. During the same year, Hamer told a nurse in a conversation in one of his clinics (Katzenelnbogen) that his wife did not believe in his methods and she died because of her scepticism (see: [[Testimonies_of_former_associates_of_Hamer]]). In one of his books,<ref>Hamer RG: book ''Krebs - Krankheit der Seele, page&nbsp;28 (cancer - disease of the soul)</ref> Hamer mentions the fatal disease of his wife in a very different way: ''[...] by the way, the first patient that I was able to cure after finding the IRON RULE OF CANCER was my wife who had a node in her left breast, but we knew the conflict, namely having been evicted from the appartment in via Margutta [Rome], the appartment belonged to the cousin of the murderer [Vittorio Emanuele]. But we also knew the therapy. My wife is the most intelligent person I ever saw. She understood, and she recovered. The conflict was resolved. The node regressed [...]'' A French website making propaganda for New Medicine even speaks about five consecutive cancer diseases of Hamer's wife.
 
[[image:Katzenelnbogen.jpg|Hamer-clinic in Katzenelnbogen|300px|thumb]]
 
[[image:Katzenelnbogen.jpg|Hamer-clinic in Katzenelnbogen|300px|thumb]]
In august 1985 Hamer opens another private and illegal cancer clinic as a ''boarding house'' in the town of Katzenelnbogen near Koblenz (county of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis). Hamer was not authorized to treat patients in this clinic. The name of the clinic was ''Freunde von Dirk'' (friend of Dirk). This clinic was also forced to close after 5 month and after the outrageous situation in that clinic was discovered by the autorities and after two external physicians made a complaint. Neighbours of the clinic were alarmed by screaming or crying people they could see at the windows and offered food for the patients (unconfirmed information from witnesses in an internet forum). Hamer was again the only physician in that clinic and he left the patients often alone for days not telling how to reach him by phone or telling a replacing physician. He went several times to France in order to get money donations from a french sponsor (Antoine D' Oncieu de la Batie / ASAC). In this clinic many patients from european countries and Germany died or were sent home or sent in other hospitals just a short time prior to die. One patient died even during the transport to another clinic. Surrounding clinics refused then to accept further dying patients from Katzenelnbogen. According to three women who worked there in 1985 and who were interviewed in 2007 (see: [[Testimonies_of_former_associates_of_Hamer]]), no patient was cured there and almost every patient died. During this period of time, Hamer presents in the media pictures of X-rays from patients to proof the effectiveness of his new medicine. However: some of these patients did not survive the treatment according to his new medicine. In the TV-transmission Panorama (ARD) and in an article of the newspaper ''Spiegel'' were shown pictures of the graves instead.
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In August 1985, Hamer opened another private and illegal cancer clinic as a ''boarding house'' in the town of Katzenelnbogen near Koblenz (county of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis). Hamer was not authorized to treat patients. The name of this clinic was ''Freunde von Dirk'' (friend of Dirk). This clinic was also closed by authorities after 5&nbsp;months, and outrageous circumstances in that clinic were discovered by autorities after two external physicians made a complaint. Neighbours of the clinic were alarmed by persons screaming or crying whom they saw at the windows and offered food to the patients (unconfirmed information from witnesses in an internet forum). Hamer again was the only physician in that clinic and often left patients alone for days without giving contact information like telephone numbers, or naming a replacing physician. He went to France several times in order to collect financial donations from a French sponsor (Antoine D'&nbsp;Oncieu de la Batie / ASAC). In this clinic many patients from European countries and Germany died, were sent home or sent to other hospitals just short time prior to their death. One patient even died during transport to another clinic. Surrounding clinics then refused to accept further dying patients from Katzenelnbogen. According to three women who worked there in 1985 and were interviewed in 2007 (see: [[Testimonies_of_former_associates_of_Hamer]]), no patient was cured there, and almost every patient died. During this period of time, Hamer presented pictures of X-rays from patients to the media to prove the effectivity of his New Medicine. However: some of these patients did not survive the treatment according to New Medicine. TV broadcast Panorama (ARD) and magazine ''Spiegel'' instead presented photos of their graves.
  
==The revocation of Hamer's licence to practice medicine==
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==Revocation of Hamer's Licence to Practice Medicine==
 
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[[image:Burgau.jpg|old castle Burgau (Austria)|250px|thumb]]
At the end of 1985 Hamer was sued by two physicians because of the scandalous situation in his Freunde-von-Dirk-Hamer-clinic in Katzenelnbogen and the criminal police confiscated material during a house-search of that clinic that was then closed by force. Hamer moved to Köln (Cologne) in march 1986 and the district court of Cologne revoced his medical licence the day april 8 of 1986 <ref>case file number Az 9 K /215/87</ref>. The district court of Cologne sentence was based on article 5 of the german Bundesärzteordnung and on two psychiatric expertises of professor B. Pflug (university of Frankfurt) dated november 27, 1985 and february 2, 1986. Under German law the right to practice medicine can be withdrawn if the doctor has diminished mental abilities. In a appeal court sentence of the district court sentence of Koblenz, that has been made public,  reasons can be seen in german language: <ref>...für den Entzug der Approbation ausschließlich die besondere Persönlichkeitsstruktur des Klägers (Hamer) und nicht ein Festhalten an der Theorie von der Eisernen Regel des Krebs gewesen sei... Weiter heißt es: ...Maßgebend ist – dies sei im Hinblick auf den Inhalt der Berufungsschrift noch einmal betont – nicht, dass der Kläger „nicht unbestrittene naturwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse“ anwendet und verbreitet, sondern mit welcher Grundeinstellung und wie er dies tut...</ref><ref>Landesprüfungsamt Hessen am 10.8.07 an Hamer: ...Sie aufgrund Ihrer wahnähnlichen Gewissheit, dass Ihre wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse unantastbar seien, nicht mehr in der Lage waren, Ihr praktisches ärztliches Handeln an der Hinsicht in die ärztlichen Gegebenheiten auszurichten...</ref>. The court court judgment in 1986 was reconfirmed in 2003. From that date on he continued to treat patients without having a medical license or any ''Heilpraktiker''-license (license of a german naturopat).
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At the end of 1985, Hamer was sued by two physicians because of the scandalous conditions in his Freunde-von-Dirk-Hamer clinic in Katzenelnbogen and the Department of Criminal Investigations confiscated material during a house search of that clinic which was then closed by authorities. Hamer moved to Köln (Cologne) in March 1986 and the district court of Cologne revoked his medical licence on April&nbsp;8, 1986.<ref>case file number Az 9 K /215/87</ref> The sentence of the Cologne district court was based on article&nbsp;5 of the German Bundesärzteordnung and on two psychiatric expertises by Professor B.&nbsp;Pflug (University of Frankfurt) dated November&nbsp;27, 1985 and February&nbsp;2, 1986. Under German law the right to practise medicine can be withdrawn if the doctor's mental abilities have diminished. In an appeal court sentence of the district court sentence of Koblenz which was published, the reasons can be seen in German language: <ref>[...] für den Entzug der Approbation ausschließlich die besondere Persönlichkeitsstruktur des Klägers (Hamer) und nicht ein Festhalten an der Theorie von der Eisernen Regel des Krebs gewesen sei [...] Maßgebend ist – dies sei im Hinblick auf den Inhalt der Berufungsschrift noch einmal betont – nicht, dass der Kläger „nicht unbestrittene naturwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse“ anwendet und verbreitet, sondern mit welcher Grundeinstellung und wie er dies tut [...]</ref><ref>Landesprüfungsamt Hessen am 10.8.07 an Hamer: [...] Sie aufgrund Ihrer wahnähnlichen Gewissheit, dass Ihre wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse unantastbar seien, nicht mehr in der Lage waren, Ihr praktisches ärztliches Handeln an der Hinsicht in die ärztlichen Gegebenheiten auszurichten [...]</ref>. The court sentence of 1986 was reconfirmed in 2003. From that date on, Hamer continued to treat patients without a medical license or any ''Heilpraktiker''-license (license of a German naturopath).
  
In 1990 he moved to Austria and opened a ''consultation center'' in the small town of Burgau in the old castle of Burgau without having a medical license in Germany or Austria. He was helped by the mayor of Burgau, Wallner, as he helped his wife to perform a new-medicine ''conflictolisis''. But it was known later that despite this intervention the mayors-wife died because of cancer. Officially, this consulting-center was declared to be an austrian branch of his own publishing house ''Amici di Dirk'' who sells its books. Hamer received many money donations on his bank account at that time. The consultation-center in Burgau was finally closed again by the austrian authorities and documents were confiscated by the police.
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In 1990, Hamer moved to Austria and opened a ''consultation center'' in the old castle of Burgau without a medical license for Germany or Austria. He received assistance from the mayor of Burgau, Wallner, as Hamer helped the mayor's wife to perform a New Medicine ''conflictolysis''. As became public later the mayor's wife, despite this intervention, died of cancer. Officially, this consultation center was declared the Austrian branch of Hamer's publishing house ''Amici di Dirk''. Hamer received many financial donations to his bank account at that time. The consultation center in Burgau was finally closed by Austrian authorities and documents were confiscated by the police.
  
From 1997 to 1998 Hamer was in prison in Cologne. Later, in 2000 he left Germany to hide in Spain, in the village of Alhaurin el Grande near Malaga. In september 2004 he was arrested in Spain and the police handed him over to the french authorities, as there was an international arrest warrant. He left his frenche prison in february 2006 and returned back to spain where he continued to treat visiting patients or giving them advices by phone. Hamer and witnesses say that he had alwasy the feeling to be chased by people following him everywhere. Hamer left finally spain in march 2007 to hide in Norway. In two interviews he told his friends that he would prefer to hide in Norway because Norway was not part of the European community. According to Hamer, the public prosecutor of the town of Cottbus (Germany), Robinek, was accusing him now.
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From 1997 to 1998 Hamer was in prison in Cologne. In 2000 he left Germany to hide in Spain, in the village of Alhaurin el Grande near Malaga. In September 2004 Hamer was arrested in Spain and extradited to France, as there was an international warrant for his arrest. Hamer was released from prison in France in February 2006 and returned to Spain where he continued the medical treatment of visiting patients or giving them advice by phone. Hamer and witnesses claim he always felt stalked by people following him everywhere. Hamer finally left Spain in March 2007, seeking refuge in Norway. In two interviews, he told his friends he preferred to hide in Norway as this country was not part of the European community. According to Hamer, he now was under investigation by the public prosecutor of the town of Cottbus (Germany), Robinek.
  
==criminal story of Ryke Geerd Hamer==
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==Criminal Record==
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[[image:Hamercartoon.jpg|Hamer's arrest in Spain as viewed by his suporters|300px|thumb]]
Hamer was violating several times german, french and austrian laws and was convicted several times in different countries, and he had to serve two times a prison-time for at least 3 years.
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Hamer violated German, French, and Austrian laws on numerous occasions and was convicted several times in different countries; he served prison times twice, for at least 3&nbsp;years.
*1986 Hamer is sentenced to pay 3000 DM (1500 Euro) because he treated patients without having a license. Case file number: 34 Js 85/86 district court of Cologne.  
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*In 1986, Hamer wass sentenced to a fine of 3,000&nbsp;DM (1,500&nbsp;Euro) for treating patients without a license. Case file number: 34&nbsp;Js&nbsp;85/86 district court of Cologne.
*The day january 22, 1992 he was sentenced in Cologne to a 6 month suspended prison-time because he treated again patients without a license. In appeal, the day 12 of february 1993 his punishment was reduced to 4 month (case 105-99/92). He tried to cure a young man with bone-cancer simply with a cast and the leg had to be amputated later. (case file numbers: 613 Ls 152/91 and 34 Js 232/89 StA Köln)  
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*On January&nbsp;22, 1992 he was sentenced in Cologne to 6&nbsp;months suspended, again for treating patients without a license. Hamer appealed and on February&nbsp;12, 1993, the sentence was reduced to 4&nbsp;months (case 105-99/92). He had tried to cure a young man from bone-cancer by simply applying a cast, so the leg had to be amputated later. (case file numbers: 613&nbsp;Ls&nbsp;152/91 and 34&nbsp;Js&nbsp;232/89 StA&nbsp;Köln)
*The day july 27, 1993 Hamer was sentenced in Austria for defamation to a suspended 6 month prison-time. (district court of Graz).  
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*On July&nbsp;27, 1993, Hamer was sentenced to 6&nbsp;months suspended for defamation in Austria. (district court of Graz).
*The parents of Olivia Pilhar were sentenced to a 8 month suspended prison-time <ref>court of Vienna-   Neustadt 11.11.1996 and sentence of Oberlandesgerichtes Wien in appeal 04.09.1997. File number: GZ 4C E VR S34/95 – 189 Bl. 1082-1120, Az. 23 Bs 114/97 (Bl. 1121-1141))</ref>. Hamer could not be prosecuted in the Olivia Pilhar case because he fled out of Austria in the meantime.
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*The parents of Olivia Pilhar were sentenced to 8&nbsp;months suspended.<ref>court of Vienna-Neustadt 11.11.1996 and appelation sentence of Oberlandesgericht Wien 04.09.1997. File number: GZ&nbsp;4C&nbsp;E&nbsp;VR&nbsp;S34/95 – 189 Bl. 1082-1120, Az. 23&nbsp;Bs&nbsp;114/97 (Bl. 1121-1141))</ref> Hamer could not be prosecuted in the Olivia Pilhar case because he had fled Austria in the meantime.
*In 1997 Hamer was arrested in Cologne and was sentenced the day september 9, 1997 by the district court of Cologne to a 19 month prison-time. He served 12 month time in jail in Cologne. Hamer was convicted because he treated again cancer patients without having a license. Several parents of patients who died after a new-medicine cure sued him. Case file number: 34 Js 178/95 Amtsgericht Köln, and a psychiatric finding attested him a ''..psycopathic personality..'' with ''..delusional persuasions..'', as recorded by the witness Leuzinger of the trial.
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*In 1997, Hamer was arrested in Cologne and, on September&nbsp;9, 1997, was sentenced to 19&nbsp;months by the district court of Cologne. He served 12&nbsp;months in jail in Cologne. Hamer once more was convicted for treating cancer patients without a license. He was sued by several parents of patients having died after a cure with New Medicine. Case file number: 34&nbsp;Js&nbsp;178/95 Amtsgericht Köln, and a psychiatric expert opinion attested a ''psycopathic personality'' with ''delusional persuasions'', as recorded by the witness Leuzinger.
*In the year 2001 he was sentenced in absence in France to three years of prison after beeing sued by french parents of cancer patients who died after beeing treated by the new medicine in France. An international arrest warrant was issued and Hamer was arrested in september 2004 in Spain and handed over to the french authorities. He served the prison time in France and the day february 16, 2006 he could leave the french prison and return to Spain.
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*In 2001, Hamer was sentenced in absence to three years in prison in France after having been sued by French parents of cancer patients who died after treatment with New Medicine in France. An international arrest warrant was issued and Hamer was arrested in Spain in September 2004 and extradited to France. He served the time in France, was released on February&nbsp;16, 2006 and returned to Spain.
*Currently (2007) he is accused of by the prosecutor Robinek in Cottbus for ''incitement of hatred against a minority of the population'' (article 130 of german criminal laws) as Hamer made many public statements in open letters and webpages againts jews and did accuse an international Jewish conspiracy. Case file number: 1653 Js 2797 / 06.
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*Currently (2007) he is accused of ''incitement of hatred against a minority of the population'' (article&nbsp;130 of German criminal laws) by prosecutor Robinek in Cottbus/Germany, as Hamer made many public anti-semitic statements in open letters and web pages and commented upon an alleged international Jewish conspiracy. Case file number: 1653&nbsp;Js&nbsp;2797&nbsp;/&nbsp;06.
*There is also a private court case pending against him for a large sum of money because he advised a patient against having chemotherapy.
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*There is also a private court case pending, with a substantial amount of damages asked, because Hamer advised a patient against chemotherapy.
  
==The Olivia Pilhar case==
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==The Case of Olivia Pilhar==
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[[image:olivia2001.jpg|Olivia years after treatment|thumb]]
Hamer became known in Austria and Germany mainly through the Olivia Pilhar cancer case in 1995. Olivia, then aged six, suffered from Wilms' tumor. The parents withheld effective conventional medical therapy from their child Olivia and found Hamer to be a trustworthy alternative. The Austrian authorities had to remove their rights of care and control, and the parents fled from Austria over Munich to Malaga (Spain) with the child. There, Hamer unsuccessfully treated the child using his method. The tumor continued to grow. After negotiations including the intervention of the Austrian president, the parents were persuaded to return to Austria. By then, Olivia's tumor weighed several kilograms. The child was finally given an effective medical treatment after a court order against the parents' wishes and is still alive in 2007. Her parents received an eight-month suspended jail sentence in Austria. The parents still support Hamer's method and have their own web site which explains the matter from their perspective. See details about this and other cases here: [[Victims of new medicine]].
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Hamer became known in Austria and Germany mainly through the case of Olivia Pilhar in 1995. Olivia, then aged six, suffered from a Wilms' tumour. The parents withheld effective conventional medical therapy from their child Olivia and thought Hamer a trustworthy alternative. The Austrian authorities removed their rights of child care, and the parents fled from Austria to Malaga (Spain) via Munich with the child. There, Hamer unsuccessfully treated the child, applying his method. The tumour continued to grow. After negotiations including the intervention of the Austrian president, the parents were persuaded to return to Austria. By then, Olivia's tumour weighed several kilograms. The child was finally given an effective medical treatment after a court order against the parents' wishes and is still alive in 2007. Her parents received a sentence of eight months suspended in Austria. The parents still support Hamer's method and maintain their own web site which explains the matter from their perspective. See details about this and other cases here: [[Victims of New Medicine]].
  
==Ryke Geerd Hamer and his antisemitism ==
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==Antisemitism==
Hamer was often accused of using anti-semitic terminology and claiming that a genocidal Zionistic conspiracy wants him silenced. According to Hamer, Jews cure themselves with the Germanic New Medicine and prevent non-Jews from using it. Hamer goes on to allege that his ideas are well known to Jewish scientists but that they deliberately withhold this information from the rest of the world. He says the doctors of official medicine are guilty of the "most hideous crime in the whole history of mankind". The Jews have killed two billion people with morphine, chemotherapy and radiation treatment according Hamer.
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Hamer was often accused of using anti-semitic terminology and claiming that a genocidal Zionist conspiracy wanted him silenced. According to Hamer, Jews cured themselves with the Germanic New Medicine and prevented non-Jews from using it. Hamer goes on to allege that his ideas were well known to Jewish scientists but that they deliberately withheld this information from the rest of the world. He says the doctors of official medicine are guilty of the "most hideous crime in the whole history of mankind". Jews allegedly had killed two billion people with morphine, chemotherapy and radiation treatment, according to Hamer.
  
See also: [[Iwan Götz (english)|Iwan Götz]]
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See also: [[Iwan Götz]]
  
==political acrivities==
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==Political Activities==
Hamer has been accused many times to publish anti-semitic and ant-jewish statements in his public letters and on his webpages, including to deny the existence of holocaust. At the moment (2008) he
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Hamer has often been accused of publishing anti-semitic and anti-Jewish statements in his public letters and on his webpages, including the denial of holocaust. At the moment (2008) he is accused of incitement of hatred against a minority of the population (article&nbsp;130 of german criminal laws) by the public prosecutor of Cottbus (Germany). Hamer's image of himself as a genius misunderstood and victim of a monstrous international Jewish-Masonic-Catholic plot is received well within the extreme right. Not surprisingly, he has found supporters there and was invited by several extremist right groups to give lectures. The extremist right German paper ''Junge Freiheit'' praised him, as well as the extremist Swiss website ''Recht und Freiheit''. Among those opening their doors to Hamer was the extremist right and antisemitic Christian cult Bruderschaft Salem (Salem Brotherhood) which is known for its collaboration with the convicted German Nazi lawyer Jürgen Rieger. Hamer's cult can be described as a "supercult". With its message that all disease can be healed, spiced up with antisemitic paranoia, he can gain acceptance with a range of other cranks. According to an article in Austrian newspaper Der Standard in 1995, Hamer denied the holocaust in a conversation with a female cancer patient. Hamer did not know his patient was Jewish herself; she was horrified and reported the incident to the newspaper. Hamer's own words can be seen here: <ref>''[...] Die Juden haben ihre Namen köpfen lassen [...] sie wurden nicht umgebracht, sie verschwanden einfach. Und lassen es sich gut gehen unter anderem Namen, auf Kosten des deutschen Volkes, das Wiedergutmachung zahlen muss. Sieben Millionen ermordete Juden leben also! [...]''</ref>.
is accused of incitement of hatred against a minority of the population (article 130 of german criminal laws) from the public prosecutor of Cottbus (Germany). Hamer's picture of himself as a misunderstood genius and victim of a monstrous international Jewish-Masonic-Catholic plot
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An interview of Hamer published in Italian language in 2006 further documents his denial of the holocaust.<ref>[...] Sollen wir nun glauben daß dies alles eine wissenschaftliche Basis hat? Ich glaube noch nicht einmal an den Holocaust, jedenfalls nicht in der Weise wie er uns erzählt wird, und da bin ich natürlich nicht der Einzige. Ich glaube auch nicht nicht, dass der Mensch auf dem Mond war, und viel schlimmer, dass die Twin Towers durch Araber zum Einsturz gebracht wurden, aber daran glaubt ja nun fast niemand mehr [...]</ref>
resonates well within the extreme right. Not surprisingly, he has found some fans there and been invited to lecture by a number of far-right groups. The far-right German paper ''Junge Freiheit'' has praised him, as has the extremist Swiss website ''Recht und Freiheit''. Others to open their doors to Hamer include the right-wing and antisemitic Christian sect, the Bruderschaft Salem, which is known for its collaboration with the convicted German nazi lawyer Jürgen
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His antisemitic statements and copies of his public letters can be seen on many websites. In 2006 he declared he wanted to become Reichspräsident of a future German Reich.
Rieger. Hamer's sect could be described as a "supersect". Widi its message that all disease can be healed, spiced up with antisemitic paranoia, he can gain the acceptance of a range of other cranks. According to an article of the austrian newspaper Der Standard in 1995, Hamer denied the existence of holocaust in a conversation with a female cancer patient. What Hamer did not knew: his patient was jewish herself and was horrified and told the event to the newspaper. Hamer's own word 
 
can be seen here: <ref>...''Die Juden haben ihre Namen köpfen lassen ...sie wurden nicht umgebracht, sie verschwanden einfach. Und lassen es sich gut gehen unter anderem Namen, auf Kosten des deutschen Volkes, das Wiedergutmachung zahlen muss. Sieben Millionen ermordete Juden leben also!...''</ref>.
 
A Hamer-interview published in italian language in 2006 documents again a denial of the holocaust <ref>...Sollen wir nun glauben daß dies alles eine wissenschaftliche Basis hat? Ich glaube noch nicht einmal an den Holocaust, jedenfalls nicht in der Weise wie er uns erzählt wird, und da bin ich natürlich nicht der Einzige. Ich glaube auch nicht nicht, dass der Mensch auf dem Mond war, und viel schlimmer, dass die Twin Towers durch Araber zum Einsturz gebracht wurden, aber daran glaubt ja nun fast niemand mehr...</ref>.
 
His antisemitic statements and copies of his public letters can be seen on many
 
webpages in the internet. In 2006 he declared that he wants to become the Reichspräsident of a
 
future Deutsches Reich.
 
  
==Hamer and conspiracy theories==
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==Conspiracy Theories==
According to Hamer, AIDS is not caused by the HI-Virus. He thinks that no one ever died of AIDS without having previously been told that they are HIV positive or believe that they are. The implication is that just as with cancer, it is the negative perception associated with AIDS that causes its devastating effect. Hamer also believes that man was never on the moon and the twin towers in New York have not been attacked by Al Kaida.
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According to Hamer, AIDS was not caused by the HI-Virus. He believes no person ever died of AIDS without having previously been told that they were HIV positive or believed they were positive. The implication is that, same as with cancer, it was the negative perception associated with AIDS that caused its devastating effects. Hamer also believes that man was never on the moon and the twin towers in New York was not attacked by Al Kaida.
  
==alleged assassination attempts==
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==Alleged Assassination Attempts==
According to Hamer, he survived at least 8 assassination attempts.
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According to Hamer, he survived at least 8&nbsp;assassination attempts.
  
==Works by Ryke Geerd Hamer==
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==Works==
* Hamer, Dr Ryke Geerd Summary of the New Medicine (2000, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-930091-9-9
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* Hamer, Dr Ryke Geerd 'Summary of the New Medicine' (2000, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-930091-9-9
* Hamer, Dr Ryke Geerd Einer gegen alle ( 2005, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-96127-15-X
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* Hamer, Dr Ryke Geerd 'Einer gegen alle' (2005, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-96127-15-X
* Hamer, Dr.Ryke Geerd 'Krebs und alle sog. Krankheiten' (2004, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-96127-12-5
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* Hamer, Dr Ryke Geerd 'Krebs und alle sog. Krankheiten' (2004, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-96127-12-5
  
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==Literature==
 
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*Doctoral thesis of Hamer: ''Untersuchungen über den Einfluss des Adaptinols (Heleniens) auf die Dunkeladaptation des gesunden Auges'', with pictures. Tübingen 1963 decmber 20.
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*Doctoral thesis of Hamer: ''Untersuchungen über den Einfluss des Adaptinols (Heleniens) auf die Dunkeladaptation des gesunden Auges'', with pictures. Tübingen 1963 December&nbsp;20
  
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Ryke Geerd Hamer

Ryke Geerd Hamer (born May 17, 1935) is a barred German physician. In 1981 he created a controversial, pseudo-scientific alternative medicine that he first called New Medicine and later Germanic New Medicine (a registered trademark).

Hamer has been prosecuted for illegal practice of medicine in various European countries. As of 2007, he lives in Norway. In an interview dated back to September 2007, he mentioned he fled from Spain to Norway in March 2007 in order to escape a warrant for his arrest from Germany, for incitement of hatred against a minority of the population (article 130 of the German criminal code). Hamer made numerous public antisemitic statements in open letters and on web pages and accused an international Zionist conspiracy (in particular the New York based B’nai B’rith) of having killed two billion people by hiding the truth about New Medicine. In a fax, his lawyer Koch stated that the fax number +47 33 464950, which belongs to a person in southern Norway (Sandefjord), was Hamer's. In May 2008, Hamer said in an open letter that his postal address in Norway was the same as his publishing company address in Sandefjord, Germanische Neue Medizin Forlag Dr. Hamer in Sandkollveien 11, N-3229 Sandefjord.[1]

Biography

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Various web pages list many different biographies of Hamer, showing many differences. This article only refers to information taken from various court papers of Hamer's trials and lawsuits, articles published in newspapers, radio and TV broadcasts and several statements from people who formerly worked with Hamer. Hamer's own statements differ significantly from information in court records.

Ryke Geerd Hamer was born on May 17, 1935 in Mettmann (Germany), as the third of four brothers. Hamer, however, claims he has five siblings. His mother was Italian. He grew up East Frisia (German: Ostfriesland) where he lived with his grandfather until the age of 7. The name of his father is perhaps Heinrich Hamer. Heinrich Hamer was a Protestant pastor in Meschede from 1945 to 1969. In his book Einer gegen Alle ("One against All") Hamer said his father's name was Heinz. Hamer finished high school in Krefeld and studied theology and medicine in Tübingen and Erlangen, Germany. According to Hamer, he studied theology for 8 terms and became master theologist. He also studied medicine and finished this course of studies on April 10, 1962, after 12 terms, and therefore could not have worked as physician earlier than that date (see court files). In 1963, he was granted a professional license as a doctor of medicine at the age of 28; his doctoral thesis deals with an ophthalmological topic that has nothing to do with his later ideas and hypothesis. The publication date of his doctoral thesis can be retrieved at the Deutsche Bibliothek where his thesis is stored. Hamer and some of his followers state he was allegedly Germany's youngest physician. Hamer allegedly also attended lectures in physics, but he never finished this course and therefore cannot be considered a physicist or to have good knowledge in physics. In Tübingen he met Sigrid Oldenburg, a medical student who became his wife in 1956 and who also became a physician. In February 1972, after 10 long years (the usual time for specialization in Germany is only 5 years), Hamer completed his specialization in internal medicine. He never held positions as a head physician or the head of a clinic department, as Hamer claims without any proof. He was not a psychiatrist, gynaecologist, radiologist or oncologist, as some people state on various web pages or published in several books. He was never a lecturer or a professor. His attempts to become a professor failed as the University of Tübingen did not accept his lecture qualification Das Dirk-Hamer-Syndrom und die eiserne Regel des Krebses in 1982 for good reasons, after having examined it. Hamer then worked in several private practices together with his wife from 1964 to 1986 and opened at least three private clinics lead by himself to experiment his New Medicine on cancer patients. In 1972, Hamer moved to Hamburg where he tried to conclude a real-estate deal which later fell. Details are reported in an article of the magazine Stern: [...] between 1967 and 1976 he [Hamer] and his wife Sigrid, also a physician, work in the area of Heidelberg, with the exception of a short period in Hamburg [...] in 1972, Hamer moved to Hamburg-Blankenese. From now on he called himself Hamer von Fumetti and planned to convert an old villa into apartments. But he did not have sufficient financial means and a court forbade his use of the name von Fumetti. The former Sir von Fumetti returned to Heidelberg with considerable debts and opened another practice [...][2] In 1976 Hamer was forced to return his accreditation for payments by the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Nordbaden as there were financial irregularities. During the same year, he moved to Weiterstadt where he obtained a credit of 70,000 DM (35.000 Euro) from the Weiterstadt municipality to arrange his practice. But Hamer never opened that practice and according to Stern magazine, he also did not pay back the credit, and moved to Italy instead. In 1978, his wife returned her KÄV-accreditation, too. During that period, Hamer patented several inventions. Hamer invented an electric scalpel (Hamer scalpel), an electrically powered chainsaw for bones, a particular couch for patients, and an injection technique. His inventions had no success, and would later cause more financial troubles. German company Kienzle tried to market the Hamer scalpel but later discovered that this device caused severe tissue damage when used in curves. Kienzle and Hamer's creditors insisted on his returning monies paid in advance and demanded a declaration of bankruptcy. Hamer therefore left Germany in 1978 and moved to Rome (via Cassia 1280 and via Margutta). According to the sentence of the court OVG Koblenz in 1990, Hamer had 39 entries in various lists of German debtors.

The Dirk Hamer Incident

Dirk Hamer in hospital with sister Birgit
Cavallo island
Vittorio Emanuele

According to various sources, Hamer's son Dirk was expelled from Italy for 'resisting authorities'. On August 17, 1978, Dirk was shot in the leg while sleeping under the deck of a yacht near the island of Corsica (Cavallo Island, France). Dirk Hamer was not the intended target, according to witnesses, the intended target was Italian playboy doctor Nicky Pende. The bullet traveled across an anchored boat and finally perforated the external hull of a second motor-yacht where Dirk Hamer slept. The M1 rifle bullet was shot in the night by Italian aristocrat Vittorio Emanuele (son of Italy's last king Umberto II), who was drunk. He was upset because someone used his inflatable tender without asking for his permission. It was the son of his private physician who used this tender to return to his boat after a visit to a local restaurant. Vittorio Emanuele had dinner at the same restaurant, sitting in a nearby table. Dirk Hamer was hospitalized, first at a small Corsican clinic, then later taken to a hospital in Marseille, France where one of his legs were amputated. After a protracted medical course in Marseille and Heidelberg, Dirk Hamer died in Heidelberg on December 7, 1978. Hamer Sr had Dirk transported from Marseille to a clinic in Heidelberg against the explicit wishes of French surgeons in Marseille. On August 18, 1991, the Paris Assize Court ruled Vittorio Emanuele not guilty of homicide, he was only convicted of the illegal possession of a rifle and was sentenced to six months in prison. After Vittorio was sent to prison, in 2006, years afterward (in prison for an unrelated corruption charge), a camera bug was hidden inside his cell. In the recording Emanuele referenced the death of Dirk Hamer "[...] I was in the wrong, [...] but I must say I fooled them [the French judges] [..]". After his son's death, Hamer in newspaper articles said that Vittorio Emanuele had allegedly offered him 2 million DM (1 million Euro, about 1,5 million USD) to avoid any further legal proceedings. Later he said that as much as 10 million DM was offered to him. However, the two families decided on a payment of only 500,000 FF (french francs - which is much less) of which Vittorio Emanuele paid only 200,000 DM (100,000 Euro) and argued the intervention of Hamer Sr. to hospitalize his son in Germany as contributing to Dirk's death. Emanuele's wife, Princess Marina Doria, in an article of magazine Stern claimed that the families had agreed on a payment of 2 million DM, Hamer would have asked his daughter Birgit (who was present in Corsica as a witness) to make a legal statement in favour of Vittorio Emanuele during the prosecution. In 2006, Hamer made an illogical statement in relation to his son's death, claiming that his son had been killed in 1978 because of Hamer's New Medicine (however, this is impossible, as Hamer's New Medicine was first created in 1981, 3 years after Dirk's death) and claimed his son was a victim of a conspiracy against his pseudo-medical doctrine.

Hamer's Testicular Cancer

Two months after his son's death, Hamer self diagnosed testicular cancer which was cured conventionally by a surgical intervention in a clinic in Tübingen. According to Hamer, the shock of his son's death caused him to develop testicular cancer within only two months after the event, and also to have caused breast cancer with his wife Sigrid. His wife was allegedly cured by Hamer using his New Medicine and thus became his first patient, as Hamer claims in one of his books. She died in 1985, however, after having refused any conventional cure by modern medicine, New Medicine was not able to help her.

Invention of New Medicine and first years of experiments with cancer patients

Hamer-clinic Sanatorium Rosenhof in Bad Krozingen

The loss of his son Dirk led Hamer to invent his "New Medicine" in autumn 1981, after his return to Germany. He presented his invention in German and Italian television in October 1981. His son Dirk still today plays an important role as Hamer claims to receive spiritually transmitted messages from his son in his dreams. His son confirmed his results, Hamer later said in one of his books, and urged him to continue research of New Medicine and to publish the results. Later he considered his son to be the real inventor of New Medicine.[3] During the same month of October 1981, Hamer presented a written habilitation lecture with the title Das Dirk-Hamer-Syndrom und die eiserne Regel des Krebses (the Dirk-Hamer syndrome and iron rule of cancer) to the University of Tübingen. This lecture was then scrutinized by two professors. On May 4 1982, this habilitation lecture was unanimously rejected by a board of professors (0 votes in favor to 150 against) due to mangelnder Wissenschaftlichkeit und fehlenden Belege (lack of scientific quality and lack of references/proofs).[4] According to the University of Tübingen, Hamer's work was not objective but influenced by personal momentum. The work presented no references to formerly published work and had qualities of a pseudo-science. His work was not presented in a way to be validated later, says the evaluation of the University of Tübingen.

In 1982 Hamer returned to Germany and opened a private clinic in Bad Krozingen. The clinic's name was Sanatorium Rosenhof and Hamer was the only physician present. He did not want to wait any longer to experiment his New Medicine on cancer patients. But New Medicine proved a desaster for cancer patients: after the clinic had been closed by authorities, two journalists were able to identify fifty former cancer patients of Sanatorium Rosenhof and established that only 7 of them survived. They published a report in a critical newspaper article.[5]

In 1983, Hamer opened another illegal private clinic called Haus Dammersmoor in Gyhum near Bremen (Lower Saxony) at Dammersmoorerweg 17, where he once again was the only physician present. This clinic, too, was to be closed by authorities. Hamer years later claimed that some of his patients died in his clinic due to critical newspaper articles about him and his clinic.

On April 12 1985, his wife Sigrid died of breast cancer. During the same year, Hamer told a nurse in a conversation in one of his clinics (Katzenelnbogen) that his wife did not believe in his methods and she died because of her scepticism (see: Testimonies_of_former_associates_of_Hamer). In one of his books,[6] Hamer mentions the fatal disease of his wife in a very different way: [...] by the way, the first patient that I was able to cure after finding the IRON RULE OF CANCER was my wife who had a node in her left breast, but we knew the conflict, namely having been evicted from the appartment in via Margutta [Rome], the appartment belonged to the cousin of the murderer [Vittorio Emanuele]. But we also knew the therapy. My wife is the most intelligent person I ever saw. She understood, and she recovered. The conflict was resolved. The node regressed [...] A French website making propaganda for New Medicine even speaks about five consecutive cancer diseases of Hamer's wife.

Hamer-clinic in Katzenelnbogen

In August 1985, Hamer opened another private and illegal cancer clinic as a boarding house in the town of Katzenelnbogen near Koblenz (county of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis). Hamer was not authorized to treat patients. The name of this clinic was Freunde von Dirk (friend of Dirk). This clinic was also closed by authorities after 5 months, and outrageous circumstances in that clinic were discovered by autorities after two external physicians made a complaint. Neighbours of the clinic were alarmed by persons screaming or crying whom they saw at the windows and offered food to the patients (unconfirmed information from witnesses in an internet forum). Hamer again was the only physician in that clinic and often left patients alone for days without giving contact information like telephone numbers, or naming a replacing physician. He went to France several times in order to collect financial donations from a French sponsor (Antoine D' Oncieu de la Batie / ASAC). In this clinic many patients from European countries and Germany died, were sent home or sent to other hospitals just short time prior to their death. One patient even died during transport to another clinic. Surrounding clinics then refused to accept further dying patients from Katzenelnbogen. According to three women who worked there in 1985 and were interviewed in 2007 (see: Testimonies_of_former_associates_of_Hamer), no patient was cured there, and almost every patient died. During this period of time, Hamer presented pictures of X-rays from patients to the media to prove the effectivity of his New Medicine. However: some of these patients did not survive the treatment according to New Medicine. TV broadcast Panorama (ARD) and magazine Spiegel instead presented photos of their graves.

Revocation of Hamer's Licence to Practice Medicine

old castle Burgau (Austria)

At the end of 1985, Hamer was sued by two physicians because of the scandalous conditions in his Freunde-von-Dirk-Hamer clinic in Katzenelnbogen and the Department of Criminal Investigations confiscated material during a house search of that clinic which was then closed by authorities. Hamer moved to Köln (Cologne) in March 1986 and the district court of Cologne revoked his medical licence on April 8, 1986.[7] The sentence of the Cologne district court was based on article 5 of the German Bundesärzteordnung and on two psychiatric expertises by Professor B. Pflug (University of Frankfurt) dated November 27, 1985 and February 2, 1986. Under German law the right to practise medicine can be withdrawn if the doctor's mental abilities have diminished. In an appeal court sentence of the district court sentence of Koblenz which was published, the reasons can be seen in German language: [8][9]. The court sentence of 1986 was reconfirmed in 2003. From that date on, Hamer continued to treat patients without a medical license or any Heilpraktiker-license (license of a German naturopath).

In 1990, Hamer moved to Austria and opened a consultation center in the old castle of Burgau without a medical license for Germany or Austria. He received assistance from the mayor of Burgau, Wallner, as Hamer helped the mayor's wife to perform a New Medicine conflictolysis. As became public later the mayor's wife, despite this intervention, died of cancer. Officially, this consultation center was declared the Austrian branch of Hamer's publishing house Amici di Dirk. Hamer received many financial donations to his bank account at that time. The consultation center in Burgau was finally closed by Austrian authorities and documents were confiscated by the police.

From 1997 to 1998 Hamer was in prison in Cologne. In 2000 he left Germany to hide in Spain, in the village of Alhaurin el Grande near Malaga. In September 2004 Hamer was arrested in Spain and extradited to France, as there was an international warrant for his arrest. Hamer was released from prison in France in February 2006 and returned to Spain where he continued the medical treatment of visiting patients or giving them advice by phone. Hamer and witnesses claim he always felt stalked by people following him everywhere. Hamer finally left Spain in March 2007, seeking refuge in Norway. In two interviews, he told his friends he preferred to hide in Norway as this country was not part of the European community. According to Hamer, he now was under investigation by the public prosecutor of the town of Cottbus (Germany), Robinek.

Criminal Record

Hamer's exile in Spain
Hamer's arrest in Spain as viewed by his suporters

Hamer violated German, French, and Austrian laws on numerous occasions and was convicted several times in different countries; he served prison times twice, for at least 3 years.

  • In 1986, Hamer wass sentenced to a fine of 3,000 DM (1,500 Euro) for treating patients without a license. Case file number: 34 Js 85/86 district court of Cologne.
  • On January 22, 1992 he was sentenced in Cologne to 6 months suspended, again for treating patients without a license. Hamer appealed and on February 12, 1993, the sentence was reduced to 4 months (case 105-99/92). He had tried to cure a young man from bone-cancer by simply applying a cast, so the leg had to be amputated later. (case file numbers: 613 Ls 152/91 and 34 Js 232/89 StA Köln)
  • On July 27, 1993, Hamer was sentenced to 6 months suspended for defamation in Austria. (district court of Graz).
  • The parents of Olivia Pilhar were sentenced to 8 months suspended.[10] Hamer could not be prosecuted in the Olivia Pilhar case because he had fled Austria in the meantime.
  • In 1997, Hamer was arrested in Cologne and, on September 9, 1997, was sentenced to 19 months by the district court of Cologne. He served 12 months in jail in Cologne. Hamer once more was convicted for treating cancer patients without a license. He was sued by several parents of patients having died after a cure with New Medicine. Case file number: 34 Js 178/95 Amtsgericht Köln, and a psychiatric expert opinion attested a psycopathic personality with delusional persuasions, as recorded by the witness Leuzinger.
  • In 2001, Hamer was sentenced in absence to three years in prison in France after having been sued by French parents of cancer patients who died after treatment with New Medicine in France. An international arrest warrant was issued and Hamer was arrested in Spain in September 2004 and extradited to France. He served the time in France, was released on February 16, 2006 and returned to Spain.
  • Currently (2007) he is accused of incitement of hatred against a minority of the population (article 130 of German criminal laws) by prosecutor Robinek in Cottbus/Germany, as Hamer made many public anti-semitic statements in open letters and web pages and commented upon an alleged international Jewish conspiracy. Case file number: 1653 Js 2797 / 06.
  • There is also a private court case pending, with a substantial amount of damages asked, because Hamer advised a patient against chemotherapy.

The Case of Olivia Pilhar

Olivia P. in hospital
Olivia years after treatment

Hamer became known in Austria and Germany mainly through the case of Olivia Pilhar in 1995. Olivia, then aged six, suffered from a Wilms' tumour. The parents withheld effective conventional medical therapy from their child Olivia and thought Hamer a trustworthy alternative. The Austrian authorities removed their rights of child care, and the parents fled from Austria to Malaga (Spain) via Munich with the child. There, Hamer unsuccessfully treated the child, applying his method. The tumour continued to grow. After negotiations including the intervention of the Austrian president, the parents were persuaded to return to Austria. By then, Olivia's tumour weighed several kilograms. The child was finally given an effective medical treatment after a court order against the parents' wishes and is still alive in 2007. Her parents received a sentence of eight months suspended in Austria. The parents still support Hamer's method and maintain their own web site which explains the matter from their perspective. See details about this and other cases here: Victims of New Medicine.

Antisemitism

Hamer was often accused of using anti-semitic terminology and claiming that a genocidal Zionist conspiracy wanted him silenced. According to Hamer, Jews cured themselves with the Germanic New Medicine and prevented non-Jews from using it. Hamer goes on to allege that his ideas were well known to Jewish scientists but that they deliberately withheld this information from the rest of the world. He says the doctors of official medicine are guilty of the "most hideous crime in the whole history of mankind". Jews allegedly had killed two billion people with morphine, chemotherapy and radiation treatment, according to Hamer.

See also: Iwan Götz

Political Activities

Hamer has often been accused of publishing anti-semitic and anti-Jewish statements in his public letters and on his webpages, including the denial of holocaust. At the moment (2008) he is accused of incitement of hatred against a minority of the population (article 130 of german criminal laws) by the public prosecutor of Cottbus (Germany). Hamer's image of himself as a genius misunderstood and victim of a monstrous international Jewish-Masonic-Catholic plot is received well within the extreme right. Not surprisingly, he has found supporters there and was invited by several extremist right groups to give lectures. The extremist right German paper Junge Freiheit praised him, as well as the extremist Swiss website Recht und Freiheit. Among those opening their doors to Hamer was the extremist right and antisemitic Christian cult Bruderschaft Salem (Salem Brotherhood) which is known for its collaboration with the convicted German Nazi lawyer Jürgen Rieger. Hamer's cult can be described as a "supercult". With its message that all disease can be healed, spiced up with antisemitic paranoia, he can gain acceptance with a range of other cranks. According to an article in Austrian newspaper Der Standard in 1995, Hamer denied the holocaust in a conversation with a female cancer patient. Hamer did not know his patient was Jewish herself; she was horrified and reported the incident to the newspaper. Hamer's own words can be seen here: [11]. An interview of Hamer published in Italian language in 2006 further documents his denial of the holocaust.[12] His antisemitic statements and copies of his public letters can be seen on many websites. In 2006 he declared he wanted to become Reichspräsident of a future German Reich.

Conspiracy Theories

According to Hamer, AIDS was not caused by the HI-Virus. He believes no person ever died of AIDS without having previously been told that they were HIV positive or believed they were positive. The implication is that, same as with cancer, it was the negative perception associated with AIDS that caused its devastating effects. Hamer also believes that man was never on the moon and the twin towers in New York was not attacked by Al Kaida.

Alleged Assassination Attempts

According to Hamer, he survived at least 8 assassination attempts.

Works

  • Hamer, Dr Ryke Geerd 'Summary of the New Medicine' (2000, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-930091-9-9
  • Hamer, Dr Ryke Geerd 'Einer gegen alle' (2005, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-96127-15-X
  • Hamer, Dr Ryke Geerd 'Krebs und alle sog. Krankheiten' (2004, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-96127-12-5

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Literature

  • Doctoral thesis of Hamer: Untersuchungen über den Einfluss des Adaptinols (Heleniens) auf die Dunkeladaptation des gesunden Auges, with pictures. Tübingen 1963 December 20

References

  1. GERMANISCHE NEUE MEDIZIN FORLAG DR. HAMER. SANDKOLLVEIEN 11, 3229 SANDEFJORD. Innehaver: HAMER RYKE GEERD. Telefon: +47 33 522133. Telefax: +47 33 522134. [1]
  2. article in Stern date November 24, 1983
  3. [...] In der Nacht hatte ich einen Traum: Mein Sohn DIRK, von dem ich oft träumte und mit dem ich im Traum beratschlagte, erschien mir im Traum, lächelte sein gutmütiges Lächeln, wie er oft zu lächeln pflegte, und sagte: "Das, was Du gefunden hast Geerd ist richtig, ist vollständig richtig, ich kann es Dir sagen, weil ich jetzt mehr weiß als Du, Du hast es klug herausgefunden [...] Du kannst es jetzt alles zusammen auf meine Verantwortung veröffentlichen, ich verspreche Dir, Du wirst Dich nicht blamieren, denn es ist die Wahrheit! [...] Ich war nun beruhigt und von da ab felsenfest davon überzeugt, dass das DIRK-HAMER-SYNDROM zutreffend sei [...] In der folgenden Nacht träumte ich wieder und ich sprach im Traum wieder mit meinem Sohn DIRK. Er lobte mich und sagte: "Donnerwetter, Geerd, das hast Du aber rasch herausgefunden, sehr gut hast Du das gemacht." Wieder wachte ich auf, war mit einem Schlage vollständig überzeugt von der Richtigkeit meiner Ergebnisse [...] Ich habe einer Reihe von Menschen, schon damals gleich, und auch später, von meinen Träumen erzählt und gesagt, dass ich im Grunde meinen Sohn DIRK für den Entdecker der EISERNEN REGEL DES KREBS halte [...] Wer weiß, ob ich mich getraut hätte, weiterzugehen, wenn mein DIRK mir nicht im Traum die Sicherheit gegeben hätte, dass es richtig ist, was ich gefunden habe [...]
  4. [..] In den Sitzungen des Habilitationsausschusses der Medizinischen Fakultät der Beklagten am 8.12.1981 und 19.1.1982 wurde Prof. Dr. Schrage - Frauenklinik - und Prof. Dr. Wilms - Medizinische Klinik, Abteilung Innere Medizin - beauftragt, über die eingereichte Arbeit ein Fachgutachten zu erstellen. Am 2.2.1982 erstattete Prof. Dr. Schrage sein Gutachten. Darin ist ausgeführt, dass Form und Methodik der Arbeit den Grundregeln einer Habilitationsschrift nicht entsprechen. Der Kläger entwickle seine Ansichten nicht sachlich und prägnant, sondern der Stil der Arbeit sei geprägt durch persönlich-emotionale Momente. Auch nehme er keinerlei Bezug auf die vorhandene umfangreiche Literatur. Die Anschauungen des Klägers seien auch als Spekulation nicht zu akzeptieren. Auch der Zweitgutachter Prof. Dr. Wilms legte in seinem Gutachten vom 11.3.1982 dar, dass Form und methodisches Vorgehen des Klägers in seiner Arbeit nicht den Regeln einer wissenschaftlichen Publikation entsprechen. Eine Auseinandersetzung mit der Literatur zu den Entstehungstheorien des Krebses fehle vollständig. Der Kläger äußere sich ohne sachliche Argumentation entweder polemisch oder sensitiv als Außenseiter der sogenannten Schulmedizin. Eine wissenschaftlichen Kriterien genügende, reproduzierbare Darstellung der Methodik insbesondere bei der Auswahl des Krankengutes und der Durchführung der Patientengespräche fehle ebenfalls vollständig. Die Nomenklatur des Klägers erwecke in vielen Bereichen den Eindruck einer Pseudowissenschaftlichkeit. Der vom Kläger postulierte zeitliche Zusammenhang zwischen Konflikt und Krebsentstehung sei an keinem der vom Kläger dargestellten Beispiele schlüssig nachgewiesen. Zusammenfassend ist der Gutachter der Auffassung, dass der Fakultät die Annahme der Arbeit als Habilitationsleistung nicht empfohlen werden könne, da diese an gravierenden formalen, methodischen und sachlichen Mängel leide. Am 4.5.1982 lehnte der Habilitationsausschuss der Medizinischen Fakultät nach Bekanntgabe der Gutachten und abschließender Diskussion einstimmig die Anerkennung der eingereichten Arbeit des Klägers als Habilitationsleistung ab [...]
  5. article "Der Stern" November 24, 1983, authors: Teja Fiedler and Cordt Schnibben. Facsimile: [2][3][4][5] [6] [7]
  6. Hamer RG: book Krebs - Krankheit der Seele, page 28 (cancer - disease of the soul)
  7. case file number Az 9 K /215/87
  8. [...] für den Entzug der Approbation ausschließlich die besondere Persönlichkeitsstruktur des Klägers (Hamer) und nicht ein Festhalten an der Theorie von der Eisernen Regel des Krebs gewesen sei [...] Maßgebend ist – dies sei im Hinblick auf den Inhalt der Berufungsschrift noch einmal betont – nicht, dass der Kläger „nicht unbestrittene naturwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse“ anwendet und verbreitet, sondern mit welcher Grundeinstellung und wie er dies tut [...]
  9. Landesprüfungsamt Hessen am 10.8.07 an Hamer: [...] Sie aufgrund Ihrer wahnähnlichen Gewissheit, dass Ihre wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse unantastbar seien, nicht mehr in der Lage waren, Ihr praktisches ärztliches Handeln an der Hinsicht in die ärztlichen Gegebenheiten auszurichten [...]
  10. court of Vienna-Neustadt 11.11.1996 and appelation sentence of Oberlandesgericht Wien 04.09.1997. File number: GZ 4C E VR S34/95 – 189 Bl. 1082-1120, Az. 23 Bs 114/97 (Bl. 1121-1141))
  11. [...] Die Juden haben ihre Namen köpfen lassen [...] sie wurden nicht umgebracht, sie verschwanden einfach. Und lassen es sich gut gehen unter anderem Namen, auf Kosten des deutschen Volkes, das Wiedergutmachung zahlen muss. Sieben Millionen ermordete Juden leben also! [...]
  12. [...] Sollen wir nun glauben daß dies alles eine wissenschaftliche Basis hat? Ich glaube noch nicht einmal an den Holocaust, jedenfalls nicht in der Weise wie er uns erzählt wird, und da bin ich natürlich nicht der Einzige. Ich glaube auch nicht nicht, dass der Mensch auf dem Mond war, und viel schlimmer, dass die Twin Towers durch Araber zum Einsturz gebracht wurden, aber daran glaubt ja nun fast niemand mehr [...]