Kurt Uhlenbroock
Kurt Erich Willy Uhlenbroock (2 March 1908 in Rostock – 7 August 1992 in Hamburg) was a German SS-Sturmbannführer and briefly garrison physician in Auschwitz concentration camp.
Biography
Uhlenbroock, the son of a merchant, was a PhD surgeon. He joined the SA in 1933 and the NSDAP (member nr. 3,982,866) in 1937. From 1938, Uhlenbroock worked as a Polizeioberarzt in Hamburg.[1] In early January 1940, Uhlenbroock joined the Waffen-SS (SS-Nr. 391,825) and was assigned as a medical officer in the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division. From 25 February 1942 to 18 March 1942, he was employed in the SS reserve battalion in Oranienburg, and from the beginning of June 1942, he operated the SS medical office in Berlin. On 17 August 1942, Uhlenbroock was briefly transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp for disease control and acted as a medical officer there until 1 September 1942. In Auschwitz, however, Uhlenbroock infected himself with typhus, and was succeeded as chief medical officer at Auschwitz by Eduard Wirths. After his recovery, Uhlenbroock was assigned to the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking on 25 November 1942. In mid-July 1943 Uhlenbroock transferred to the medical office of the Ordnungspolizei.[2] In 1943, Uhlenbroock reached the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer In the Waffen-SS.[1]
After the end of World War II, Uhlenbroock worked as a medical resident in Hamburg hospitals, while also operating his own practice in Hamburg.[3]
In the course of investigation for the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials, Uhlenbroock was arrested on 14 November 1960 and interrogated in Hamburg. On 17 November 1960, Uhlenbroock told investigators: "I myself was a prisoner in Auschwitz".[4] Uhlenbroock was added to the American list of wanted Nazi war criminals due to evidence provided by Hermann Langbein. This list comprises 599 individually named defendants; Unlenbroock was listed as Nr. 561. He was charged with ordering selections of prisoners as a concentration camp doctor. On 29 November 1960, Uhlenbroock received bail, and his prosecution was discontinued due to lack of evidence and lack of witnesses. On 4 September 1964, Uhlenbroock testified as a witness at the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.[5]
Literature
- Wacław Długoborski, Franciszek Piper (ed.): Auschwitz 1940-1945. Studien zur Geschichte des Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz., Verlag Staatliches Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oswiecim 1999, 5 Bände: I. Aufbau und Struktur des Lagers. II. Die Häftlinge - Existentzbedingungen, Arbeit und Tod. III. Vernichtung. IV. Widerstand. V. Epilog., ISBN 83-85047-76-X
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (ed.): Auschwitz in den Augen der SS. Oświęcim 1998, ISBN 83-85047-35-2
- Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8
- Ernst Klee: Auschwitz, die NS-Medizin und ihre Opfer. 3. Auflage. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1997, ISBN 3-596-14906-1
- Hermann Langbein: Menschen in Auschwitz. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin Wien, Ullstein-Verlag, 1980, ISBN 3-548-33014-2
- Werner Renz: Der 1. Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozess - Zwei Vorgeschichten, Essay, Frankfurt am Main, 2002 (pdf)
References
- 1 2 Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich: Wer war was vor und nach 1945., Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 634
- ↑ Aleksander Lasik: Die Organisationsstruktur des KL Auschwitz, in: Aleksander Lasik, Franciszek Piper, Piotr Setkiewicz, Irena Strzelecka: Auschwitz 1940-1945. Studien zur Geschichte des Konzentrations und Vernichtungslagers Auschwitz., Band I: Aufbau und Struktur des Lagers, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Oświęcim 1999, p. 286
- ↑ Ernst Klee: Auschwitz, die NS-Medizin und ihre Opfer., Frankfurt am Main, 1997, p. 409
- ↑ cited by: Ernst Klee: Auschwitz, die NS-Medizin und ihre Opfer., Frankfurt am Main, 1997, p. 409
- ↑ Werner Renz: Der 1. Frankfurter Auschwitz-Prozess - Zwei Vorgeschichten, Essay, Frankfurt am Main, 2002, p. 15ff. (pdf)
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