Prof. Herwig Hamperl, M.D. (1899-1976), Chairman of the German Institute of Pathology, Charles University, Prague in years 1940-1945. The account of his work in Prague is firat of all besed on his autobiography (A Pathologist'a Life and Evolution), publiahed in 1972 in a German edition ohly. It describes the hiatory of the university and conditions of work in the German Institute of Pathology 60 years ago. Hamperl recalla here his contemporaries, his relationships with the Czech pathologists, Prof. Šikl and his Czech studenta. The autopsy and the cause of death of Reinhard Heydrich are reported as well as the situation at the university and in Prague during the war years.

        Key words: History of medicine - prof. Herwig Hamperl, M.D. - German Institute of Pathology of Charlea University - Prague 1939-1945