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Medical Officer

Germany · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1941–1943Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1941

Ernst Gunther Schenck1941

Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Medical Officer of the SS Division Leibstandarte

1943

Josef Mengele24 May 1943

Auschwitz · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Appointed Medical Officer at Auschwitz-Birkenau, gains the nickname "Angel of Death"

Names involved

Ernst Gunther SchenckJosef Mengele

Provenance

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