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Rudolf Weigl

Legacy

Significant contributions to bacteriology, vaccine development, and biological warfare tactics

Known for

Highly effective tuberculosis vaccine, collaboration with the Nazi Party, role in Chinese biological warfare tactics

Residence

PolandChina

Alma mater

Lwów University

Occupation

Bacteriologist

Nationality

German

Years active

1920s-1950s

Controversies

Collaboration with the Nazi Party, exploitation of prisoners, Cultural Revolution purge

Place of birth

Przedbórz, Poland

Place of death

Zakopane, Poland

Rudolf Weigl