Erich Geiringer was a New Zealand writer, publisher, broadcaster, Fulbright scholar 1953, a leading member of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

is a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 63 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation...

, and the founder of the New Zealand Medical Association. He was described in a memorial tribute as one of the most significant public health figures in New Zealand in the last half century. http://www.ippnw.org.nz/erich.html

Born in Vienna in 1917, he escaped Nazi Germany in 1938, going first to Belgium and later the United Kingdom, attending medical school in Edinburgh and Glasgow. In New Zealand he became a researcher at Otago Medical School in the 1960s.http://www.techhistory.co.nz/SiteMenu1.html

Geiringer was instrumental in the IPPNW's campaign in seeking an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice is the primary judicial organ of the United Nations. It is based in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands...

questioning the legality of nuclear weapons. http://www.ippnw.org.nz/history.html

He died in Wellington on 25 August 1995.

External links

• Tribute to Erich Geiringer by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War