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Eduard Wirths

German Nazi physician (1909-1945) · Doctors · Died at 36

Eduard Wirths was the chief SS doctor at the Auschwitz concentration camp from September 1942 to January 1945. Thus, Wirths had formal responsibility for everything undertaken by the nearly twenty SS doctors who worked in the medical sections of Auschwitz between 1942 and 1945.

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Iron Cross 2nd Class
War Merit Cross

About this person

Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1945 · aged 36