Rudolf Brandt
German civil servant and SS officer, convicted war criminal (1909–1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rudolf Hermann Brandt (2 June 1909 – 2 June 1948) was a German SS officer from 1933–45 and a civil servant. A lawyer by profession, Brandt was the Personal Administrative Officer to Reichsführer-SS (Persönlicher Referent vom Reichsführer SS) Heinrich Himmler and a defendant at the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg for his part in securing the 86 victims of the Jewish skull collection, an attempt to create an anthropological display of plaster body casts and skeletal remains of Jews.[1] He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and executed in 1948. Felix Kersten, a Finnish doctor who reportedly saved thousands of Jews by influencing Himmler during the massage therapy he gave him throughout the war, tried to save Brandt from execution, as Brandt helped him by adding names on the lists intended to save camp prisoners.[2]
Rudolf Brandt | |
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Born | 2 June 1909 |
Died | 2 June 1948(1948-06-02) (aged 39) |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Occupation(s) | Lawyer, military officer |
Organization | Allgemeine SS |
Political party | Nazi Party |
Conviction(s) | War crimes Crimes against humanity Membership in a criminal organization |
Trial | Doctors' trial |
Criminal penalty | Death |