Siegfried Handloser

Siegfried Adolf Handloser (25 March 1885 – 3 July 1954) was a Doctor, Prof. of Medicine, Generaloberstabsarzt (Four stars, NATO Rank OF-9) of the German Armed Forces Medical Services, Chief of the German Armed Forces Medical Services.[1][2] He was convicted at the Doctors' Trial during the subsequent Nuremberg trials and sentenced to life imprisonment. His sentence was ultimately reduced to a 20-year term, though Handloser was released in 1954 and died of cancer the same year.

Siegfried Handloser
Handloser c. August 1942
Chief of the German Armed Forces Medical Services
In office
28 July 1942 – 13 August 1944
Personal details
Born
Siegfried Adolf Handloser

(1885-03-25)25 March 1885
Konstanz, German Empire
Died3 July 1954(1954-07-03) (aged 69)
Munich, West Germany
Cause of deathCancer
Parent(s)Konstantin Handloser (father)
Anna Maria (mother)
Alma materKaiser Wilhelm Medicinal Academy
University of Giessen
Military service
Allegiance German Empire
 Nazi Germany
Branch/service German Army
RankGeneraloberstabsarzt
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II

Early life

Born in Konstanz, he had been a member of the German Army Medical Service since the First World War. In 1938, Handloser was promoted to the position of Army Group physician of the Army Group Command 3. In October, 1939, he was named honorary professor.

Career

He had held the position of Chief of the Medical Services of the Armed Forces during World War II. It was the most important medical position in the entire German Armed Forces and the Waffen-SS.

He was convicted by the American Military Tribunal No. I in August 1947, and sentenced to life imprisonment.[3] This was later reduced to 20 years and, in 1954, he was released. Shortly afterwards, Handloser died of cancer in Munich at the age of 69.

References
  1. "Handloser, Siegfried - Biography ° Gedenken und Erinnern, DGIM". www.dgim-history.de. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  2. "Nuremberg - Document Viewer - Affidavit concerning Siegfried Handloser's position as chief of the armed forces medical service". nuremberg.law.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  3. "Sentences — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". www.ushmm.org. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
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