Friedrich Mauz

Friedrich Robert Mauz (1 May 1900 Esslingen – 7 July 1979 Münster) was a German psychiatrist who was involved in the Aktion T4 euthanasia program. From 1939 until 1945, Mauz was the Professor of Psychiatry at Albertina University in Königsberg. In 1953, he became the Professor of Psychiatry at Münster.

He was the president (1957–1958) of the German Society for Psychiatrists and Neurologists. Mauz was father of three children, one son and two daughters. His son Gerhard Mauz (1925–2003) was a court reporter for Der Spiegel magazine.

Early life and education Mauz studied medicine at the universities of Tübingen, Freiburg and Würzburg, passed the state medical examination at Tübingen in December 1923.

Career He was an assistant physician at the university psychiatrics clinic in Marburg, becoming senior physician in 1927. He completed his habilitation in psychiatry and neurology at the University of Marburg on March 1928 and served there as private lecturer until 1934.