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[Men in Closed Venerological Wards of the GDR illustrated by Examples of Berlin, Dresden and Erfurt].

OBJECTIVES
While numerous research results are available on the treatment of women in closed venereological wards in the GDR, hardly anything is known about the forced admissions of men to these wards. The aim of this study was to analyse construction of the wards, the admission and maintenance in the wards as well as the extent of the compulsory admissions of men.


METHODS
Unprinted sources were researched in the Federal Archive and State Archive Berlin and in the municipal archives of Erfurt and Zwickau and analyzed using a historically critical method. In addition, printed sources found in databases were researched and evaluated.


RESULTS
In the GDR, the closed venereological wards for men were part of closed venereological facilities, each of which included a ward for women. Men and women were accommodated separately. Reasons for the admission of men were sexually transmitted diseases to be treated, suspicion of frequently changing sexual partners (HwG-Verdacht) and disciplinary measures. The medical care of the men corresponded to the contemporary medical standard. Only a few men were committed.


CONCLUSIONS
The number of beds and compulsory admissions was considerably lower in the wards for men than in those for women. The men were compulsory committed due to having a venereal disease or due to being a sexually promiscuous individual (HwG-Person), while more than 50% of women were committed because of drifting. In addition, men were regarded as reliable subjects in medical care, while women were regarded as defaulting and unreliable. In this respect, the situation of men differs fundamentally from that of women.