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In the regular elections for the new DEGAM presidency, Prof. Dr. med. Martin Scherer was reconfirmed as president, Prof. Dr. med. Eva Hummers as vice president, and Prof. Dr. med. Jean-François Chenot as another vice president. New sections such as "Digitalization" and "Climate Change and Health" were also introduced. The new executive presidency also includes Edmund Fröhlich as treasurer and Prof. Dr. med. Erika Baum as an assessor and past president. New spokespersons for the various sections were also elected. The term of office for all members of the presidency is three years. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the conference "Die nationalsozialistische Okkupationspresse in den besetzten Gebieten der Sowjetunion, 1941-1944" (The National Socialist Press in the Occupied Territories of the Soviet Union), held at the University of Heidelberg from November 5-8, 2010. Papers discussed various aspects of press politics and propaganda in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, including their institutional organization, content, reception, and audience, as well as biographical questions.