Dr. med. Christoph Nicklaus

Dr. med. Christoph Nicklaus

Internal medicine, cardiology  ·  Siegen, Germany
Dismissal; €5,000 fine for insulting a denouncer
Case Report — Documentation

Type of persecution

  • Disciplinary prosecution by the Medical Chamber
  • Dismissal / termination of employment

Accusation

  • Conduct detrimental to the employer
  • Violation of the professional code

What actually happened?

After observing several vaccination complications, some of them severe, I sought to draw attention within my hospital to the legal duty to report vaccination complications.

In order to inform the heads of the relevant departments, I invited them to a meeting at which I intended to present the data already available at that time using a PowerPoint slideshow and to draw attention to the legal duty to report vaccination complications. In the presence of an administrative officer and the medical director, this was prevented; I was insulted as a “wrong-way driver” (a German idiom denoting someone going against the consensus) and as “a bad doctor whom patients should give a wide berth”.

At the time, the introduction of a general vaccination mandate was being publicly debated, and I considered it my responsibility to warn the public, since the medical profession (keyword: underreporting) had failed them.

Carrying a sign reading “I oppose the vaccination mandate because I have witnessed too many complications”, I warned against the vaccination at a demonstration on 24 January 2022. The speech was filmed and published on YouTube.

Postscript (as of 2026): The internal hospital data on pulmonary embolisms cited by the hospital in its public distancing – I have requested access to them several times. To date I have never been shown them. Based on my own clinical experience I consider the cited analysis highly questionable.

— Dr. med. Christoph Nicklaus

Current Status

  • The dismissal remains in force.
  • The professional disciplinary proceedings were decided in my favour. However, I had referred to a denouncer at the Medical Chamber as an “arsehole” – an insult that was punished with a €5,000 fine.
Impact — Documentation

Professional impact

  • Loss of all career prospects in the Siegerland region (several rejected applications, including in a general practice), with explicit reference to my divergent views
  • Currently working as an employed physician in a general practice in Lüdenscheid

Financial impact

  • Loss of a senior physician’s salary over recent years

Personal impact

  • Divorce
  • Suicide attempt

Collegial reactions

  • Ostracism

Outlook

It is striking that when a person’s public statement turns out to be true, none of those who attacked that person ever bother to issue any kind of correction.

Note on responsibility

The information in this case report comes from the affected person themselves. The editorial team verifies whether a criminal or professional prosecution has taken place; it cannot verify the factual accuracy of every single statement. Responsibility for the correctness of the account lies with the respective author.

Name
Dr. med. Christoph Nicklaus
Specialty
Internal medicine, cardiology
Additional qualifications
Interventional electrophysiology, interventional cardiology
Position
Senior physician in the cardiology department of an academic teaching hospital
Location
Siegen, Germany
Age
59 years
Practicing since
1994
Persecuted since
25.01.2022
Documented since
May 7, 2026
Status
Dismissal; €5,000 fine for insulting a denouncer
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