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Genzken, Karl Eduard August Hermann

    Date of birth:
    June 8th, 1885 (Preetz/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
    Date of death:
    October 10th, 1957 (Hamburg/Lower Saxony, Germany)
    Service number:
    NSDAP-nr.: 39 913 / SS-nr.: 207 954
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Karl Genzken was SS-Gruppenführer and Chef des Sanitätsamtes der Waffen-SS and had a responsibility in the medical research on prisoners of concentrationcamps. After the Second World War Genzken was put on trial during the Nürenberger Medical trials. He was convicted to life sentence on 20th August 1947. His sentence was later changed to 20 years imprisonment. He was earlier released on 17th April 1954 from the Kriegsverbrechergefängnis Landsberg.

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    Rank:
    SS-Mann
    Awarded on:
    February 1934
    Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer
    Rank:
    SS-Mann
    Awarded on:
    December 16th, 1935
    Julleuchter der SS
    Rank:
    SS-Standartenführer (Colonel)
    Awarded on:
    December 1st, 1937
    Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
    Rank:
    SS-Standartenführer (Colonel)
    Awarded on:
    December 1st, 1938
    SS-Ehrenring
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Marineoberassistenzartz
    Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Marineoberassistenzartz
    Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Marineoberassistenzartz

    Band für Kämpfer
    Friedrich-August Kreuz 2.Klasse
    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Rank:
    Marineoberassistenzartz
    Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
    Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
    Verdienstkreuz des Ehrenzeichen des Deutschen Roten Kreuzes
    Kolonialabzeichen

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