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Ullmann’s son treated with controversial drug

Johannes Ullmann son of Viktor Ullmann
Johannes Ullmann

Johannes Ullmann, son of Viktor Ullmann, escaped Nazi Germany via the Kindertransport, only to spend much of his life in an English mental hospital, being treated with a cocktail of drugs including the controversial antipsychotic drug Clozapine.

Clozapine is only now gaining public attention due to the severity of its side effects – see for instance this article in the Guardian.

Johannes was prescribed Clozapine from his days as a patient in Horton Hospital, Epsom Surrey (1952-1996) and while resident at Hopkinson House (1996-2008), and until his death on the 6th August 2010 in a Surrey nursing home.

You can read more about his life here.