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Ryke Geerd Hamer (born May 17, 1935) is a barred German physician who is the originator of the "Germanic New Medicine"®, also formerly known as "German New Medicine" and "New Medicine", an highly controversial approach to illness that, in turn, criticizes mainstream medicine. Dr. Hamer promises a 98% chance of healing for cancer.

Biography

Ryke Geerd Hamer, M.D. was born in Düsseldorf-Mettmann (Germany) in 1935. He received his high school diploma at age 18 and started medical and theological studies in Tübingen, where he met Sigrid Oldenburg, a medical student who later became his wife. At age 20, he passed the preliminary examination in medicine, married a year later, and completed his theological examinations at 22. A daughter was born to the young family and a son, Dirk. In April 1962 Hamer passed his medical state examination in Marburg and he was granted a professional license as a doctor of medicine in 1963. According to Hamer himself, there followed a number of years at the University Clinics of Tübingen and Heidelberg. In 1972, Hamer completed his specialization in internal medicine. He also worked in several practices with his wife. He patented several inventions.

In 1978 the loss of his son Dirk led Hamer to develop his "Germanic New Medicine" (GNM) which led to legal complications. Hamer's license to practice medicine was revoked by a court judgment in Germany in 1986 that was reconfirmed in 2003. As he continued to treat patients, Hamer was under investigation several times on allegations of malpractice, leading to the death of patients. From September 2004 to February 2006, after being 12 month in jail in Germany from 1997 to 1998, he served a prison term in Prison Fleury Merogis / France on counts of fraud and illegal practicing. He lived in exile in Spain until March 2007, when he allegedly left Spain.

Dirk Hamer's death

The violent death of his son, Dirk Hamer (born 1959), was a key event in the development of the theories of Hamer. On August 8, 1978 his son was shot while he slept on a yacht off Cavallo by Vittorio Emanuele. After a protracted medical course Dirk Hamer died on December 7, 1978. On August 18, 1991 the Paris Assize Court did not find Vittorio Emanuele guilty of homicide; with a highly controversial decision, he was only convicted of the illegal possession of a rifle.

Two months after his son's death, Hamer self detected a testicular cancer, which could be cured conventionally.

When incarcerated in June 2006 on charges of corruption, Vittorio Emanuele was recorded admitting that in reference to the death of Dirk Hamer that "I was in the wrong, but I must say I fooled them ",

GNM

Some time after the death of his son Dirk Hamer began to believe, that any disease, most notably cancer, is not dangerous in itself, but merely a biological symptom of a psychological conflict situation. Hamer claims that the effect on the brain can be demonstrated by brain CT scans where a specific focal alteration is apparent and that the conflict-related organ responds with “cancer”. According to Hamer this conflict needs to be resolved in order for the disease to be cured. Traditional treatments are not considered as having any primary value but as to be dangerous.

Hamer also argues that conventional medical research is not falsifiable and often in the interest of pharmaceutical companies, preventing accurate investigation in the causes and treatment of diseases, and ignores the role of the mind in the genesis of the disease. The Trnava University and others have confirmed Hamer's theories. Hamer insists that his system is verifiable and complains that the medical establishment is failing to respond. Hamer agrees, that in case of a severe conflict or wrongful application of his method GNM will not rescue the patient.

These anomalies in brain CT scans have been identified by radiologists to be ring artifacts, while Hamer has certified with Siemens, under which circumstances the rings are artifacts and when not. Applying Hamer's theories is punishable in some countries as malpractice in coincidence with fraud, because mainstream medicine does not acknowledge a single successful treatment, while it's been proven, that over 90% of Dr. Hamers cancer patients from his clinic in Burgau, Austria, were still alive 8 years later. Furthermore conventional medicine officials complain, that Hamer's theorems are not falsifiable, since they are often tautologies, but no case could yet be found, where Hamer's theorems did not apply.

Notable case

Hamer became known mainly through his association with the Olivia Pilhar cancer case in 1995. Olivia, then aged six, suffered from Wilms' tumor. When Olivia and her parents were left alone on the oncology ward, which was lacking psychological support for relatives and patients, the parents withheld conventional medical therapy from their child Olivia and found Hamer to be a trustworthy alternative. The Austrian authorities finally removed their rights of care and control, and the parents fled from Austria to Spain with the child, because children are being forced by law to get into chemo therapy. There, Hamer "treated" the child using his method. The family found the original conflict, and solved the problem by rearranging their life.

After negotiations including the intervention of the Austrian president, who was also the chairman of a part of the chemo therapy industry, the parents were persuaded to return with the condition of no repression. By then, Olivia's tumor weighed several kilograms. After a court order against the parents', the child was given very few chemo therapy; much less than they would normally do. Her parents received an eight-month suspended jail sentence in Austria. Olivia's healing was happening exactly the way Dr. Hamer predicted it, and she solved the conflict that he foresaw. So naturally it was claimed from official sources, that she healed because of the chemo therapy, while family Pilhar says, she survived in spite of the chemo.

The parents support Hamer's method and have their own web site which explains the matter from their perspective, that Dr. Hamer was right, and that media are twisting the whole story to untruthfulness.

Antisemitism claims

The conflict between supporters and opponents of Hamer's pretensions, at the base of which what "biological laws" lays, has become more acrimonious over the years, with Hamer being accused of using anti-semitic terminology and claiming that a genocidal Zionistic conspiracy wants him silenced. According to Hamer, Jews cure themselves with the German New Medicine and prevent non-Jews from using it. He says the doctors of official medicine are guilty of the "most hideous crime in the whole history of mankind". However Hamer clearly explains that he is neither an antisemite nor a racist nor a religious fanatist but a subject to denouncing. Hamer explains that "he wants to help anyone, no matter who it is" and "crime is a crime no matter, if it is done by Chineses, Esquimaus, or in this case, Jews. And it's notable to say, that there have never been any comments from Hamer against the Semitic race nor against Jews in general.

Critics

Attacks on the GNM are based on rhetoric, ad hominem attacks and leaving out big parts of the story. It's being claimed, that conventional medicine have a front group of propagandists (so-called quackbusters), who try to spread disinformation about alternative medicine.

Dr. Hamer is often accused of killing people, while it's being ignored how the person died and what the actual reason was. Most commonly people couldn't solve their conflicts and therefor died "biologically correct". And very often the individuals have been treated with chemo therapy while also trying to solve their conflicts. Dr. Hamer keeps repeating how dangerous chemo therapy is, while his opponents try to blame these deads on him, even though they died while getting chemo therapy, and cancer dead cases without chemo are very rare.

Critical scientists claim, that the GNM is not falsiable without giving detailed information. Many doctors and even universities have tested and certificated it to be correct, and didn't seem to have a problem.

Often it's being tried to avoid the debate, by claiming that the GNM is wrong, because it contradicts huge parts of common medicine, without questioning the hypotheses of common medicine.

Verifications

Documents that certificate, that the GNM is correct. Dr. Hamer says there are over 50 of them.

• Verification by the University of Trnava (German)
• Verification by K.J. Probst (German)
• Verification by Dr. Wilhelm Limberger (German)
• Protocol from March 4th 1989 (German)

• A list of verifications (German)

See also

• Meta-Medicine, another group that supports and applies Hamer's theories, including his so called "biological laws". . And even create new organizations with the support of famous actors . Hamer himself describes the meta-medicine "meta-bandits".

• Christian Science, a religion originating in the United States which believes disease is a sign of a spiritual problem, and has been similarly accused of causing deaths by withholding traditional medical treatment.

References

1. case file number 34 Js 85/86 - 34 Js 178/95 - 34 Js 221/96 Public Prosecution Service Cologne
2. Summary of trial proceedings
3. Vittorio Emanuele, cimici in cella "Ho fregato i giudici francesi"
4. Helmut Pilhar website and seminars (german)
5. English Version of GNM
6. Verification by Siemens about when ring artifacts are there and when not (german)
7. Pilhar website
8. Hamer's Official biography, with his letters on an alleged Jewish conspiracy (italian)
9. Prof. W.Klosterhalfen university of Düsseldorf/Germany

Works by Ryke Geerd Hamer

• Hamer, Dr Ryke Geerd Summary of the New Medicine (2000, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-930091-9-9
• Hamer, Dr Ryke Geerd Einer gegen alle ( 2005, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-96127-15-X
• Hamer, Dr.Ryke Geerd 'Krebs und alle sog. Krankheiten' (2004, Amici di Dirk) ISBN 84-96127-12-5

External links

• Official English language site

• Walter Last about the New Medicine
• Healing Cancer Naturally
• What is the iron law of cancer?
• Interview with Dr. Hamer
• The AGPF about Hamer (german)
• 'Wehrhafte Medizin!' (german)
• Learning about the German New Medicine
• GNM Critics

• 1935 births
• Living people
• People in alternative medicine