Friday, April 06, 2007  Man as Industrial Palace  Illustration
by Fritz Kahn.   Der Mensch als Industriepalast (Man as
Industrial Palace). image via   Kahn was born in Halle on
September 29, 1888 to Arthur Kahn and his wife Hedwig Kahn (née
Schmul). He first attended school in Halle, and later the
Sophien-Gymnasium in Berlin. After graduating school in 1907,
Fritz Kahn studied medicine. He finished his studies completing
his dissertation on Das Versehen der Schwangeren in Volksglaube
und Dichtung in 1912, and started to practice as a gynecologist
in Berlin. During his studies, Fritz Kahn became involved with
writing articles on popular sciences. In 1920 he published a
book on the Race question, Die Juden als Rasse und Kulturvolk.
One of his most well-known works, Das Leben des Menschen, a five
volume edition on the human body, was published between 1922 and
1932. Around 1914, Fritz Kahn served in the military during
World War I. Shortly before Hitler came on power in 1933, Fritz
Kahn travelled to Palestine, w