Monument to the X-ray and Radium Martyrs of All Nations


The Monument to the X-ray and Radium Martyrs of All Nations is a memorial in Hamburg, Germany, commemorating those who died due to their work with the use of radiation, particularly X-rays, in medicine. It was unveiled on the grounds of St Georg Hospital, on 4 April 1936 by the Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft.
When unveiled, the memorial included 169 names, from fifteen nations, listed alphabetically; by 1959 there were 359, with the additions listed on four separate stone plaques, beside the original columnar stone memorial.

Inscription

The memorial's inscription may be translated as:

Book

An accompanying book, Ehrenbuch der Radiologen aller Nationen gives biographies of those commemorated. Three editions have been produced, the most recent in 1992.

Names

The names of those commemorated include: