education, contraception, the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases, and women's emancipation. Inscribed on the building was the phrase per scientiam ad justitiam (translated as "through science to justice"). This was also the personal motto of Hirschfeld as well as the slogan of the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee. Organization The institute was financed by the Magnus-Hirschfeld-Foundation, a charity which itself was funded by private donations. Along with Magnus Hirschfeld, a number of others (including many professional specialists) worked on the staff of the institute at different points in time, including: — psychiatrist August Bessunger — radiologist Karl Giese — archivist Berndt Götz — psychiatrist Hans Graaz — naturopath, medical doctor Friedrich Hauptstein — administrative director Kurt Hiller — lawyer Max Hodann — sex educator — anthropologist Hans Kreiselmaier — gynecologist Arthur Kronfeld — psychiatrist, psychologist Ewald Lausch — medical assistant Ludwig Levy-Lenz — gynecologist Eugen Littaur — otolaryngologist Franz Prange — endocrinologist — ethnologist Adelheid Rennhack — housekeeper Arthur Röser — librarian Bernard Schapiro — dermatologist, andrologist Arthur Weil — neuroendocrinologist, neuropathologist Friedrich Wertheim — dermatologist Some others worked for the institute in various domestic affairs. Some of the people who worked at the institute simultaneously lived there, including Hirschfeld and Giese. Affiliated groups held offices at the institute. This included the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, Helene Stöcker's , and the World League for Sexual Reform (WLSR). The WLSR has been described as the "international face" of the institute. In 1929 Hirschfeld presided over the third international congress of the WLSR at Wigmore Hall. During his address there, he stated that "A sexual impulse based on science is the only sound system of ethics." Divisions for the institute included ones dedicated to sexual biology, pathology, sociology and ethnography. Plans were allotted for the institute to both research and practice medicine in equal measure, though by 1925 a lack of funding meant the institute had to cut its medical research. This was to include matters of sexuality, gender, venereal disease, and birth control. Activity Public education The institute aimed to educate both the general public and specialists on its topics of focus. It became a point of scientific and research interest for many scientists of sexuality, as well as intellectuals and reformers from all over the world. Visitors included René Crevel, Christopher Isherwood, Harry Benjamin, Édouard Bourdet, Margaret Sanger, Francis Turville-Petre, André Gide and Jawaharlal Nehru. The institute also received visits from national governments; in 1923