Gert Postel
German impostor (born 1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gert Uwe Postel (born June 18, 1958) is a German impostor, best known for successfully applying several times for public health positions as a medical doctor without ever having received medical education.
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Quick Facts Leitender Oberarzt of the Specialist Hospital in Zschadraß, Chief Physician ...
Gert Postel | |
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Leitender Oberarzt of the Specialist Hospital in Zschadraß | |
In office 1 November 1995 – 10 July 1997 | |
Chief Physician | Horst Krömker |
Deputy Head of the Flensburg Health Department | |
In office 15 September 1982 – March 1983[1] | |
Head | Wolfgang Wodarg |
Personal details | |
Born | Gert Uwe Postel (1958-06-18) 18 June 1958 (age 66) Bremen, West Germany |
Residence | Tübingen |
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Gert Postel went to Hauptschule and finished his training as a mail carrier. Postel himself said that his mother died because of a maladministered depression treatment and that he himself had briefly been in a juvenile ward. From these events, he claimed to have gained the motivation to expose and embarrass psychiatry.