Curt Elze (February 16, 1885 – April 9, 1972) was a German anatomist and professor at the universities of Rostock, Giessen, and Würzburg during the Third Reich.
He headed the anatomical institute at Würzburg and was associated with Werner Heyde for the supply of execution victims for use in medical studies.
He studied human embryology and development under Franz Julius Keibel (1861–1929)[1] and received a doctorate in 1908 after which he worked at the University of Vienna under Ferdinand Hochstetter.
During this period the institute received numerous bodies of Nazi execution victims for their use in dissection and study.
From 1940 the anatomical institute received 80 bodies from Werner Heyde who headed a Nazi euthanasia program.