Editing Horst Schumann (section)

==Early life==
Schumann was born on May 1<sup>st</sup>, 1906 in Halle an der Saale. His father—Paul Schumann was also a doctor. Schumann joined the [[Nazi Party]] in 1930 and joined the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' in 1932. In 1933, he received his medical degree after producing a thesis entitled "Frage der Jodresorption und der therapeutischen Wirkung sog. Jodbäder" ("The Question of Iodine Absorption and the Therapeutic Effects of so-called Iodine Baths"). He started his career as an assistant doctor in the Surgical Clinic of the clinic of Halle University.