Ryke Geerd Hamer (17 May 1935 – 2 July 2017), a German ex-physician, was the originator of Germanic New Medicine, also formerly known as German New Medicine and New Medicine, a system of pseudo-medicine that purports to be able to cure cancer.
The Swiss Cancer League described Hamer's approach as "dangerous, especially as it lulls the patients into a false sense of security, so that they are deprived of other effective treatments."Hamer held a licence to practice medicine from 1963 until 1986, when it was revoked for malpractice.
His system came to public attention in 1995, when the parents of a child suffering from cancer refused medical treatment in favour of Hamer's methods.
Hamer was charged with malpractice and imprisoned in several European countries.
Hamer claimed that his method is a "Germanic" alternative to mainstream clinical medicine, which he claimed is part of a Jewish conspiracy to decimate non-Jews.