Letter to Rudolf Brandt concerning the equipment needed for Dr. Rascher's experiments at Dachau

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Karl Gebhardt

German physician and convicted war criminal (1897-1948)

• Born: 1897-11-23 (Haag in Oberbayern)
• Died: 1948-06-02 (Landsberg am Lech)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: concentration camp guard; politician; surgeon; university teacher
• Member of political party: Nazi Party
• Member of: Corps Bavaria München; Freikorps Oberland; Nazi Party (since: 1933-05-01); Schutzstaffel (since: 1935-04-20)
• Participant in: 1936 Summer Olympics (role: chief physician); Beer Hall Putsch; Nazi eugenics program (location: Ravensbrück concentration camp); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: defendant)
• Significant person: Albert Speer (role: patient, physician); Alfred Seidl (role: criminal defense lawyer, defendant); Heinrich Himmler (role: patient, personal physician); Siegfried Handloser (role: colleague)