Editorial

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At the latest meeting of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Legal Medicine, Prof. Walter Bär MD, former Director of the Institute of Legal Medicine at the University of Zurich, and Prof. Wolfgang Eisenmenger MD, former Head of the Institute of Legal Medicine at the University of Munich, announced their wish to resign from their positions as editors of the International Journal of Legal Medicine. Prof. Walter Bär has occupied the post of editor ever since the German-language Zeitschrift für Rechtsmedizin was relaunched as the International Journal of Legal Medicine in 1990. Prof. Wolfgang Eisenmenger has been a consultant for the journal since 1990 and a member of the Editorial Board since 1999. Within the scope of their work for the International Journal of Legal Medicine over a period of more than 20 years, Prof. Walter Bär and Prof. Wolfgang Eisenmenger have made a major contribution to promoting the forensic sciences and developing the journal into the leading international journal in the field of legal medicine—in addition to the high-calibre scientific papers they themselves produced. On behalf of the members of the Editorial and Advisory Boards of the International Journal of Legal Medicine, but also on behalf of all the members of the forensic science community, we would like to thank Prof. Walter Bär and Prof. Wolfgang Eisenmenger for all their work. …