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Brandt, Rudolf Emil Hermann Dr. jur. (SS)

Date of birth:
June 2nd, 1909 (Frankfurt (Oder), German Empire)
Date of death:
June 2nd, 1948 (Landsberg am Lech, Germany)
Buried on:
Graves German War Criminals (Spöttinger Friedhof)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 129.771 // NSDAP Nr.: 1.331.536
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
20.04.1942: SS-Obersturmbannführer
20.04.1944: SS-Standartenführer

Adjutant and personal secretary of Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler
09.12.1946: US trial in Frankfurt/Main
20.08.1947: sentenced to death
02.06.1948: hanged in Landsberg am Lech

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Standartenführer (Colonel)
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse mit Schwertern

Sources

  • Photo 1: (Public Domain)
  • - Ulrich-Dieter Oppitz (Hg.): Medizinverbrechen vor Gericht. Erlangen/Jena 1999
    - SS Personal File