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Mrugowsky, Joachim Erns A.

Date of birth:
August 15th, 1905 (Rathenow/Brandenbuerg, Germany)
Date of death:
June 2nd, 1948 (Landsberg am Lech/Bavaria, Germany)
Buried on:
Graves German War Criminals (Spöttinger Friedhof)
Service number:
210.049 (NSDAP) / 25.811 (SS)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Joachim Mrugowski was after the Second World War sentenced to death during the Nuremburger physicians trials for his part in experimenting on prisons in concentration camps. He was hanged to death on June 2nd, 1948 in Landsberg.

Promotions:
October 15th, 1931: SS-Mann;
July 31st, 1932: SS-Truppführer;
January 31st, 1934: SS-Obertruppführer (as grom December 20th, 1933);
November 3rd, 1934: SS-Untersturmführer (Patent: November 9th, 1934);
April 27th, 1935: SS-Obersturmführer (Patent: April 20th, 1935);
January 8th, 1936: SS-Hauptsturmführer (Patent: January 30th, 1936);
November 9th, 1936: SS-Sturmbannführer);
April 20th, 1941: SS-Obersturmbannführer;
June 21st, 1942: SS-Standartenführer;
June 29th, 1944: SS-Oberführer (as from April 20th, 1944).

Career:
March 1st, 1930: NSDAP;
1930: Hochschulgruppenführer des NSDStB, Universität Halle;
1930: Standartenarzt SA;
July 4th, 1931: Promotion Dr. rer. nat.;
October 15th, 1931: SS-Standarte Küstrin;
?: Führer, SS-Standarte Küstrin;
1933: Sicherheitsdienst der SS (SD);
1933: Assistent, Hygienischen Institut, Universität Halle;
February 15th, 1935: Promotion Dr. med.;
1935: SS-Führer, SD-Oberabschnitt Nord-West (Hannover);
1937: Standartenarzt, Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler;
October 18th, 1938: Postdoctoraal;
1939: Gründer/Leiter Hygienisch-Bakteriologischen Untersuchungsstelle der SS, Berlin
November 1940: Leiter des Hygiene-Institutes der Waffen-SS, Amt VII (Sanitätsamt), SS-Führungshauptamt, Berlin;
December 2nd, 1942: Chef des Hygieneamts Amt XVI ( Hygiene ) / Amtsgruppe D (Sanitätswesen der Waffen-SS), SSFHA;
August 31st, 1943: Oberster Hygieniker, Reichsarzt-SS und Polizei (Amtschef III, Reichsarzt SS).

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