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Gerhard Fischer (diplomat)

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30: 610:, he said, "Don't treat us like outcasts. Don't treat us like the forgotten. We are also here in this country although you don't care about us." Many visitors to his stations couldn't face the physically horrible nature of the disease, but Fischer said that it was far worse mentally to be an outcast from one's family and community. He said, "If you work in a leprosy community, the mental anguish is supreme and it is no different for me." 634:
Fischer always emphasised the importance of early treatment. Patients were reluctant to admit that they might have leprosy, because of the fear of being thrown out of their family and community. Fischer said, "If you get early treatment, nobody can see that you ever had leprosy. This message is very
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Fischer said, "I need publicity. I want to beat the drum, Leprosy is curable. Come and watch. Forget about the stigma. Forget about treating them as outcasts. Here I am constantly shouting to make the community aware and this Prize gives me a chance to focus the attention on 'us' who are forgotten."
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Fischer's leprosy treatment, rehabilitation and vocational training centres also cared for polio victims. By 2005, new polio cases had been greatly reduced, thanks to vaccination and joint efforts between the Indian government and NGOs. As a result, Fischer's centres were able to take on additional
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He resigned from the diplomatic service in order to devote himself full-time to the support of leprosy and polio patients in India. Fischer regarded rehabilitation as the most important aspect of his work, and emphasised the need for attitudes to leprosy to change. His work was recognised by the
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Fischer regarded curing leprosy as the easy part, with modern medicines, good treatment and good food. Much more important to Fischer was rehabilitation, which he regarded as his primary aim. He recognised that patients with missing legs or fingers would have no chance of surviving outside his
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as a mark of respect. N.S. Rao, a former colleague of Fischer at the German consulate in Madras, said that Fischer "applied a missionary zeal to anything he put his mind to. He and his wife were a perfect two-people team and worked all over the country with tremendous energy and indefatigable
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Until 1991 he worked with Elizabeth Vomstein at her station in Chettipatty. He found her "very, very difficult", but said, "If she wasn't that type, she wouldn't have lasted 38 years." By 1991, he had had enough, and started out on his own. He had already built his own leprosy station in the
548:. Fischer successfully helped her get the work permit, then drove with her to Chettipatty. Fischer remained in post in Tamil Nadu for four years, during which time he regularly visited Vomstein's station in Chettipatty, which she slowly built up to what he regarded as a "model station". 559:. His wife, Ann, ran the administration, fund-raising and publicity for Fischer's work. They had decided not to have "an administration", so Fischer and his wife did everything on their own. Fischer said that his wife "deserves half this prize" (the Gandhi Peace Prize). 606:, he condemned the consequent fatalism of, and inaction towards, leprosy patients in India, saying "It is not their fault. It is the bloody bug that caught them." He felt that they were outcasts who needed attention. In his Gandhi peace prize acceptance speech at the 406:, followed by two years nine months as a prisoner of war. Destitute after the war, studying medicine was out of the question. He worked as a truck driver and various other jobs, and after three years had saved enough money to study again. He entered a legal 1474: 335:, where he gained experience as a volunteer with leprosy patients. When he was forced to abandon the course by the Japanese occupation, he travelled to Germany intending to study medicine there, but instead was obliged to fight in 567:, and in the following years he established health centres, workshops and schools throughout India, building wells and latrines, and obtaining Jeeps, minibuses and other supplies. He was also involved with projects in 617:("You are all right"). He never wore a mask or gloves, as he thought the "human side" of his work was very important, that there should be no barriers, and that there was "no difference between us, two human beings". 729: 675:, and pity for the leprosy patients. We lepers, we don't care about compassion. We want action." Referring to the government slogan of "eradicating leprosy by 2000", he said that his speech made people such as 592:
responsibilities in other areas. But Fischer stressed the need for medical practitioners in the primary health centres to maintain a watch over polio and leprosy, and to be trained in recognising the symptoms.
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With a law degree in hand, he decided to join the German foreign service, as that would take him overseas. In 1952–1953 he completed his training for the higher diplomatic and consular service in
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enthusiasm. After his wife's death, he had been carrying on his social work relentlessly." Rao added that Fischer's daughter, Karen Fischer Koch, carried on her father's work after his death.
498:(mid-1983). In December 1985, only six months before reaching his normal retirement age, he resigned from the diplomatic service in order to devote more time to leprosy patients in India. 1449: 583:, table cloths, mats, bed covers, beautiful carpets, and so on. He hoped to reach a position where his stations would no longer need donations, but could survive on their production. 1499: 1225: 551:
After resigning from the diplomatic service in 1985, Fischer regularly spent six months each year in India, and six months in the summer with his wife at their small farm near
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While studying medicine in Beijing, he volunteered to look after leprosy patients (an opportunity offered to all medical students there, in the days before
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As well as volunteering with leprosy patients during his medical training in Beijing, Fischer had also looked after leprosy patients in his free time at
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Indian government with the award of the Gandhi Peace Prize. Fischer used the money from the prize to set up a foundation for his humanitarian work.
850: 350:, he helped a German doctor to establish a leprosy treatment and rehabilitation centre at Chettipatty. He was also instrumental in setting up the 1494: 445:, followed by a posting to the consulate in Hong Kong from 1957 to 1960, when he took over the consulate in Madras. In 1963 he was promoted to 145: 1211: 1016: 907: 759: 351: 1464: 1459: 1146: 1113: 1081: 1049: 600:
Fischer insisted that his patients should never be called "lepers", but rather "leprosy patients". Although he stated that he believed in
1346: 651:. The selection committee was unanimous in its decision to award the prize to Fischer. The prize carried an award of 10 million 1504: 1469: 41: 403: 72: 29: 1479: 387: 332: 270: 1489: 1484: 379: 177: 1362: 391: 446: 312:(20 September 1921 – 3 July 2006) was a German diplomat, ambassador and humanitarian who received the 1997 1306: 1398: 541: 655:, which Fischer used to set up a foundation for his humanitarian work. In his acceptance speech at the 1434: 1429: 1366: 275: 1338: 1270: 358:
government. He later became ambassador to Malaysia, Ireland, Netherlands, and finally Switzerland.
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in France. After the war, he obtained a law degree and entered the German diplomatic service.
692: 1254: 410:, and in one year obtained a law degree, a course that normally requires four years' study. 65: 1390: 648: 463:) in 1966 and from 1968 headed a political department there, becoming a First Councillor ( 433:, Rhineland-Palatinate, passing the final exam in 1953. He began his career at the German 340: 1314: 881: 1374: 1290: 1246: 665: 529: 1182: 671: 398:—to Germany, intending to study medicine there, but was instead compelled to fight in 386:. As a boy, Fischer had always wanted to be a doctor. He started to study medicine at 294:
Fischer's brother, Per, was also an ambassador, and became German Ambassador to China
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on 3 July 2006, aged 84 years. On 8 July 2006, a silent procession was organised at
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Fischer's work with leprosy patients in India began in 1960, when he was German
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in Madras, which was founded with financial and technical support from the
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Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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stations. So he trained them in skills to earn a living, such as making
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Fischer later said that taking a European posting, after his service in
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His first appointment as Ambassador came in 1970, when he represented
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for 1997 in New Delhi on 5 January 1998 from the President of India,
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From then on, he wanted to care for leprosy patients. 760:"Metro Plus Chennai / Columns: When the postman knocked" 663:, Fischer said, "It is not enough to have compassion, 753: 751: 749: 747: 982: 331:, Fischer grew up in China and studied medicine at 261: 244: 233: 225: 208: 195: 190: 165: 144: 134: 113: 92: 71: 61: 40: 20: 980: 978: 976: 974: 972: 970: 968: 966: 964: 962: 845: 843: 933: 931: 929: 927: 925: 791: 789: 787: 876: 874: 459:). He was appointed to the rank of Councillor ( 1450:Ambassadors of West Germany to the Netherlands 1500:Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni 1219: 613:Fischer would touch all his patients, saying 8: 732:(in German). munzinger.de. 25 November 2006 724: 722: 720: 718: 716: 714: 712: 710: 708: 1455:Ambassadors of West Germany to Switzerland 1226: 1212: 1204: 28: 17: 1048:Radhakrishnan, R. K. (21 November 2005). 643:Fischer received the Indian government's 1017:"Life Coimbatore: A heart of compassion" 730:"Gerhard Fischer – Munzinger Biographie" 1445:Ambassadors of West Germany to Malaysia 1147:"National: Gerhard Fischer passes away" 704: 465:Vortragender Legationsrat Erster Klasse 287: 1440:Ambassadors of West Germany to Ireland 1082:"A marathon effort for school, clinic" 482:, followed by further appointments to 908:Indian Institute of Technology Madras 7: 1510:Recipients of the Gandhi Peace Prize 1145:Radhakrishnan, R. K. (5 July 2006). 517:Work with leprosy and polio patients 453:headquarters of the Foreign Office ( 1090:. 28 February 2004. Archived from 14: 1181:Von Ihlau, Olaf (17 March 1986). 1015:Ilangovan, R. (3 February 2005). 346:While at the German consulate in 161:mid-1983 – December 1985 987:Warrier, Shobha (18 July 1998). 938:Warrier, Shobha (18 July 1998). 824:Jenner, Pamela (1 August 2005). 796:Warrier, Shobha (18 July 1998). 659:, the official residence of the 758:Muthiah, S. (16 October 2006). 316:in recognition of his work for 1122:. 10 July 2006. Archived from 449:, and in 1964 returned to the 394:. So he decided to travel—via 352:Indian Institute of Technology 1: 1495:Leprosy nurses and caregivers 630:Importance of early treatment 324:-affected patients in India. 1235:Gandhi Peace Prize laureates 1465:German expatriates in India 1460:German expatriates in China 859:. 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West Germany Ambassador to Malaysia
Gustav Heinemann
West Germany Ambassador to Ireland
Walter Scheel
Karl Carstens
West Germany Ambassador to the Netherlands
Karl Carstens
West Germany Ambassador to Switzerland
Karl Carstens
Richard von Weizsäcker
Oslo
Copenhagen
Per Fischer
Alma mater
Beijing Medical University
University of Munich
Gandhi Peace Prize
leprosy
polio
Oslo
Beijing Medical University
World War II
POW
Madras
Indian Institute of Technology
West German
Oslo
Norway
Martin Fischer

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