1930 - 1935 studied medicine at the University of Würzburg. Joined the NSDAP and SA in June 1933. SS Membership No 311594. NSDAP Membership No 3139549. Worked as a doctor at Jena University Gynaecological Clinic 1937. 1939 joined the Waffen S.S. Saw action in Norway and the Russian front. Declared medically unfit for combat in Spring of 1942 after a heart attack. Sent to Dachau on a course. July 1942 Arzt at Neuengamme. Promoted to Hauptsturmführer September 1942 September 1942 - January 1945 Chefarzt at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Promoted to Sturmbannführer September 1944 and received the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1st Class. Left Auschwitz 27 January 1945 and arrived at Dora-Mittelbau 28 January 1945. Evacuated to Bergen-Belsen 3 - 4 April 1945 Neuengamme. Committed suicide in British custody September1945. Many thanks to Tilman Taube for correcting some of the above information. Can you help? Please contact me with any information you may have. |