The “G” in G-Spot stands for “Gräfenberg”, after famed
gynecologist Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg, who, among other things, had
the “G-spot” named after him and invented the first known Ring
IUD birth control device, the “Gräfenberg ring”. Dr. Ernst
Gräfenberg was born in Germany on September 18, 1881 and
received his doctorate on March 10, 1905. In 1910, he started
working as a gynecologist in Berlin and soon became the chief
gynecologist at Berlin University. When Hitler assumed power in
Germany and Nazism was rampant, Gräfenberg, who was a Jew, was
forced to resign. His friends and family tried to persuade him
to leave Germany at the time, but he refused. Gräfenberg thought
that because several of his patients were wives of high ranking
Nazi officers, he would be safe. This wasn’t the case and in
1937 he was arrested. In 1940, Margaret Sanger paid a ransom for
his release and he left Germany to settle down in New York City,
where he once again established a successful gynecologist
practice. It was at this time that