Hitler's Physicians

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-I am starting this new topic about Hitler's Physicians!!!! In this topic I hope to discuss the NSDAB, the Reichsärztekammer, the Hauptamt fur Volksgesundheit, and get specific bios on the physicians that served during the Third Reich. Basically anything dealing with medicine during the Third Reich goes. I will start with a bio of the first Reichsärzteführer, Gerhard Wagner. I have done a lot of research into Wagner and this bio is what I have come up with.

-Gerhard Wagner- (August 18,1888-March 25,1939)
-(August 18,1888)- Born in Neu-Heiduk
-Studied medicine in Munich
-(1920-1924)- Führer der Deutschtumverbände in Oberschlesien
-(May 17,1929)- NSDAP entry (#129,008)
-(August 3,1939)- Mitbegründer (Co-founder) des NSDAB (NS-Deutscher Ärztebund)
-(1932-May 16,1934)- Vorsitzender und Führer des NSDAB
-(1932-May 16 or June 16,1934)- Leiter der Abteilung fur Volksgesundheit der NSDAP
-(1933)- Kommissar und 1. Vorsitzender der Ärztlichen Spitzenverbände
-(1933)- Leiter der Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung
-(1933)- MdR
-(1933)- Leiter des Sachverständigenrats für Volksgesundheit und Generalbevollmächtigter der NSDAP für das Gesundheitswesen
-(May 16,1934-March 25,1939)- Reichsärzteführer
-(May 16 or June 16,1934-March 25,1939)- Leiter des Hauptamtes für Volksgesundheit der NSDAP
-(1934)- SA-Sanitätsgruppenführer
-(December 13,1935)- Founder und Leiter der Reichsarztekammer- (Wagner proclaimed the Reich Physicians Ordinance on this date which publicly incorporated the RAK)
-(December 13,1935-March 25,1939)- Reichsgesundheitsführer
-(February 1936)- Reich Hauptdienstleiter der NSDAP
-(April 6,1936)- Wagner's Reichsärztekammer is officially in place
-(November 9,1936)- Goldenes Parteiabzeichen
-(1937)- Beauftragter für Hochschulfragen im Stab des Stellvertreters des Führers
-(1937)- SA-Sanitätsobergruppenführer im Stab der Obersten SA-Führung
-(March 25,1939)- Died in Munich from Leukemia
-Funeral Attendance: Hitler, Frick, Rust, Ritter von Epp, Himmler, Lutze,von Schirach, Amman, Bormann, Bouhler, Scholtz-Klink and Adolf Wagner

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-Here is a bio of Dr. Bernhard Hormann that has taken me a while to compile. I still have not found out where he was born and finding (post 1939) info for him is very ellusive!!! If anyone can add to what I have or fill in my blanks then please do so.

-Dr. Bernhard Hormann- (September 20,1898-February 4,1977)
-(September 20,1898)- Born
-Doctor and Dentist
-(1920)- NSDAP entry
-(August 3,1929)- Founding Member of the NSDAB (NS-Deutsche Arztebund)
-(1932)- Leiter der Abteilung Volksgesundheit der NSDAP-Reichsleitung
-(1932-1933)- Abteilungsleiter der RIM
-(June 1932-August 1933)- Reichskommissar fur das gesamte Heilwesen im RIM
-(March 24,1933)- Vorsitzender der Deutschen Zahnarzteschaft (along with Ernst Stuck)
-(August 1933)- Aufgelost (Removed from offices)
-(1938)-Reichsamtsleiter
-(1938)-Beauftragter des Hauptamtes fur Volksgesundheit fur den Vierjahresplan
-Leiter der Reichsarbeitsgemeinschaft Ernahrung aus dem Wald (Nutrition from the Forest)
-(February 4,1977)- Died in Munich

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-I have two birth dates for Hans Deuschl. One is (July 21,1881) and the other is (March 21,1891). I am more inclined to go with (July 21,1881), but I would like some verification!!!! Can anyone verify Deuschl's birth date for me?

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[Phil Nix]

D.o.B. 21.7.1891 from DAL 1938 confirmed in his personal file
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D.o.B. 21.7.1891 from DAL 1938 confirmed in his personal file
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Phil,
-Is it (1891) or (1881)?

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-Here is a bio that I have put together for Friedrich Bartels.

-Dr.Friedrich Georg Christian Bartels- (July 21,1892-July 9,1968)
-(July 21,1892)- Born in Rohrsen bei Hameln
-Studied medicine in Munich and Jena
-(February 1920)- Mitbegrunder der NSDAP im Sterneckerbräu
-(1920)- With Gerhard Wagner im Freikorps Oberland
-(1923-1927)- Kreiskommunalarzt
-(1925-1930)- DNVP Member
-(1927-1933)- Leitung des Städtischen Gesundheitsamtes Eisenach
-Vorsitzender des Unterausschusses für Gesundheitswesen der Gesellschaft für deutsche Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik
-(1927-1933)- Werksarzt im BMW-Werk Eisenach
-(1931)- NSDAP entry (#580,818)
-(1931)- NSDAP-Stadtrat Eisenach
-(1933)- Vertrauensmann Wagners im RIM
-(July 1933)- Oberregierungsrat im RIM
-(October 1933)- Ministerialrat
-(May 16,1934)- Left the RIM
-(May 16,1934)- Appointed Stellvertretender Reischsärztefuhrer
-(May 16 or June 16,1934)- Stellvertreter Leiter des Hauptamtes für Volksgesundheit der NSDAP
-(May 16 or June 16,1934)- Amtsleiter im der DAF- (Amt Gesundheit und Volksschutz)
-(July 30,1935)- Amtsleiter im Stab des StdF
-(March 15,1938)- SA entry (höchster Rang: SA-Brigadeführer)
-(January 30,1939)- Goldenes Ehrenzeichen
-(January 31,1939)- Reichsamtsleiter
-(May 13,1939)- Sent on leave from all offices in the Hauptamt für Volksgesundheit- (Conti)
-(July 21,1939)- Removed from Staff of Rudolf Hess
-(August 16,1939)- Conti pledged a case for his removal in front of the NSDAP-Court
-(August 1939)- Permanently removed from all offices by Conti
-(March 8,1940)- Enlisted in the war- (höchster Rang: Oberstabsarzt)
-(1944)- Badly injured and hospitalized in Bad Wiessee
-Arrested by the Americans
-(1947)- Dismissed from internment
-Worked in Köln as representative for distribution of Lanthasol-Aerosol
-(July 9,1968)- Died in Folgen from lung emphysema

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-Here is a bio that I have put together for Friedrich Bartels.

-Dr.Friedrich Georg Christian Bartels- (July 21,1892-July 9,1968)
-(July 21,1892)- Born in Rohrsen bei Hameln
-Studied medicine in Munich and Jena
-(February 1920)- Mitbegrunder der NSDAP im Sterneckerbräu
-(1920)- With Gerhard Wagner im Freikorps Oberland
-(1923-1927)- Kreiskommunalarzt
-(1925-1930)- DNVP Member
-(1927-1933)- Leitung des Städtischen Gesundheitsamtes Eisenach
-Vorsitzender des Unterausschusses für Gesundheitswesen der Gesellschaft für deutsche Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik
-(1927-1933)- Werksarzt im BMW-Werk Eisenach
-(1931)- NSDAP entry (#580,818)
-(1931)- NSDAP-Stadtrat Eisenach
-(1933)- Vertrauensmann Wagners im RIM
-(July 1933)- Oberregierungsrat im RIM
-(October 1933)- Ministerialrat
-(May 16,1934)- Left the RIM
-(May 16,1934)- Appointed Stellvertretender Reischsärztefuhrer
-(May 16 or June 16,1934)- Stellvertreter Leiter des Hauptamtes für Volksgesundheit der NSDAP
-(May 16 or June 16,1934)- Amtsleiter im der DAF- (Amt Gesundheit und Volksschutz)
-(July 30,1935)- Amtsleiter im Stab des StdF
-(March 15,1938)- SA entry (höchster Rang: SA-Brigadeführer)
-(January 30,1939)- Goldenes Ehrenzeichen
-(January 31,1939)- Reichsamtsleiter
-(May 13,1939)- Sent on leave from all offices in the Hauptamt für Volksgesundheit- (Conti)
-(July 21,1939)- Removed from Staff of Rudolf Hess
-(August 16,1939)- Conti pledged a case for his removal in front of the NSDAP-Court
-(August 1939)- Permanently removed from all offices by Conti
-(March 8,1940)- Enlisted in the war- (höchster Rang: Oberstabsarzt)
-(1944)- Badly injured and hospitalized in Bad Wiessee
-Arrested by the Americans
-(1947)- Dismissed from internment
-Worked in Köln as representative for distribution of Lanthasol-Aerosol
-(July 9,1968)- Died in Folgen from lung emphysema

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-Add this to the file of Bartels:

-(1914-1918)- Militärdienst (Lt.)
-(1923)- Kreiskommunalarzt des Kreises Lennep
-(July 1931)- NSDAP entry
-(1938)- Gründungsvorsitzender des Reichstuberkuloseausschusses

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-Here is a bio that I have compiled for Hans Deuschl.

-Dr. Johann Hans Franz Deuschl- (July 21,1891-April 27,1953)
-(July 21,1891)- Born in Markt Grafing bei München
-Realgymnasium in Rosenheim
-Studied medicine in Munich and Erlangen
-(August 3,1929)- Co-founded the NSDAB
-(September 2,1929)- NSDAP entry (#147,015)
-(1931)- SS entry in Munich (#8,894)
-(March 1,1931)- Geschaftsführer des NSDAB
-(June 19,1931)- SS-Standarten-Arzt
-(November 9,1932)- SS-Sturmbannführer
-(1933)- Stellvertreter des Fuhrer des NSDAB,Gerhard Wagner
-(November 9,1933)- SS-Obersturmbannführer
-(November 9,1934)- SS-Standartenführer
-(June 1,1935-December 15,1940)- Leiter der Führerschule der deutschen Ärzteschaft in Alt-Rhese
-(1937)- SS-Oberführer
-(January 30,1939)- Goldenes Ehrenzeichen
-(December 15,1940)- Lost offices after quarrel with Conti and Bormann
-(January 1941)- Officially released as Leiter der Ärzteführerschule Alt-Rhese
-(November 1941)- Leitung des Gesundheitswesens beim Generalkommissar für Estland in Reval
-(April 2,1943)- Left Reval- (Could not cope with the climate)
-(November 23,1943-1945)- Bürgermeister in Starnberg am See
-(April 27,1953)- Died in Starnberg

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[Phil Nix]

D.o.B. 21.7.1891 from DAL 1938 confirmed in his personal file
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Phil,
-Is it (1891) or (1881)?

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1891
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D.o.B. 21.7.1891 from DAL 1938 confirmed in his personal file
Phil Nix

Phil,
-Is it (1891) or (1881)?

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1891
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Phil,
-Thanks for the date!!! I have changed it in my above bio for Deuschl.

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-After much research this is what I have come up with for the Reichsärztekammer. If anyone can fill in holes, correct me, or give me a specific closing date for the RAK I would really appreciate it!!!

-Reichsärztekammer (RAK)- (Reich Physicians Chamber)

-(December 13,1935)- Gerhard Wagner proclaimed the Reich Physicians Ordinance and the main purpose of this ordinance was to found and publicly incorporate the RAK

-(April 6,1936)- RAK was officially put into place

-The Leiter of the Reichsärztekammer was given the title "Reichsgesundheitsführer" !

-(1943)- NSDAB and the Reichsärztekammer were closed for the duration of the war

-Reichsgesundheitsführer- (Reich Health Leader)
-(December 13,1935-March 25,1939)- Dr. Gerhard Wagner- (Died)
-(April 22,1939-August 16,1944)- Dr. Leonardo Conti- (Resigned although Post was non-existent since 1943)

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-Here is a bio that I have put together for Franz Wirz. Does anyone have a specific death date for him and a place of death for him?

-Prof. Dr. Franz Gerhard Maria Wirz- (April 10,1889-1962)
-(April 10,1889)- Born in Düsseldorf
-Military Service (Oberarzt)
-(1916)- Approbation
-(1920)- Assistenzarzt an der Hautklinik der Universitat München
-(1923)- Dozent
-(1927-1934)- a.o.Prof.
-(1933-1937)- Mitglieds Sachverständigenbeirats für Volksgesundheit
-(1933-1937)- Ernährungsberater in der Dienstelle des Vierjahresplans
-(May 1933)- NSDAP entry
-(1933-1934)- SA Member
-NSDAB Member
-(1934-1939)- SS Member
-(1935)- Leiter der Hauptstelle für Hochschulfragen im HAVG
-(1935)- Beauftragter des Reichsärzteführers für die Neue Deutsche Heilkunde
-(1935)- Leiter der Hochschulkommission im Stab des StdF
-Reichshauptstellenleiter
-(1938)- Prof. an der Universitat München
-Leiter des Reichsvollkornbrotausschusses- (Maybe 1939)
-(1942)- Leiter der Beratungsstelle für das Krankenhauswesen beim Hauptamt für Volksgesundheit der NSDAP
-(1944)- Mitglied im Wissenschaftlichen Beirat des Bevollmächtigten für das Gesundheitswesen
-(1962)- Died

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-I have a source that has Leonardo Conti being replaced as NSDAB Vorsitzender and as Leiter des Gauamtes für Volksgesundheit Berlin in (1941) by a Dr. Hans Lollke. Can anyone confirm this? Also, could Conti still be Reichsgesundheitsführer without being the Chairman of the NSDAB?

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-Does anyone have a good bio for Ludwig Liebel or can you add to mine? What happened to him after 1932? This is what I have put together.

-Dr. Ludwig Liebel
-(1875)- Born
-Sanitatsrat
-Allgemeinpraktiker und Geburtshelfer
-(1910)- Stadtrat in Ingolstadt
-(1923)- NSDAP entry
-(August 3,1929)- NSDAB-Gründungsvorsitzender
-(August 3,1929-1932)- Served as first NSDAB-Vorsitzender
-(1932)- Replaced as NSDAB-Vorsitzender
-(1932)- Appointed Ehrenvorsitzender des NSDAB- (Honorary Chairman)
-(1940)- Died

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-I have found the month (September) in (1932) that Gerhard Wagner took over as the Führer des NSDAB!!!!! Until now I always found only the year (1932). If anyone can give me that day in (September 1932) I would greatly appreciate it!!! Here is some updates to Wagners bio that I have dug up.

-Gerhard Wagner
-(September 1932)- Führer des NSDAB
-(June 1933)- Kommissar und 1. Vorsitzender der ärztlichen Spitzenverbände
-(August 1933)- Leiter der Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung Deutschlands
-(August 1933)- Leiter des Sachverständigenbeirats für Volksgesundheit

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