Benno Orendi
Benno Orendi (born March 29, 1918 in Sibiu ; † September 17, 1948 in Hameln ) was a Romanian doctor and most recently worked as a camp doctor with the rank of SS-Untersturmführer in the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp .
Life
On June 25, 1940, as a medical student , he was called to the " Weapons Service for Germany" and volunteered for the Waffen SS (No. 379.245). He was assigned to the 4th Panzer Jäger Division and took part in the Russian campaign. In the fall of 1942 he was posted to Berlin to finish his studies. On April 20, 1944 he received his doctorate as Dr. med.
Orendi was sent to the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp from April 26 to December 21, 1944, where he was supposed to spend the first part of his years as an assistant under the direction of Percival Treite as a camp doctor . He is said to have carried out experiments on people to regenerate bones, muscles and nerves, and experiments were also carried out on camp inmates in which the victims were infected with bacteria and then treated with antibiotics.
In November 1944 he became an officer candidate; according to his own statements, he was transferred a month later, the reason for this is still unknown.
Ravensbrück Trials
In court at the fourth of the seven Hamburg Ravensbrück trials , Orendi invoked his oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler and the associated “ imperative to order ” that he always acted on the orders of others and was therefore not responsible for his actions. The assertion he made that he had taken care of the prisoners' welfare was refuted by numerous testimonies.
Orendi was found guilty and sentenced to death on June 4, 1948 . On the same day, she was transferred from the Altona court prison to the Fuhlsbüttel prison . From there he was taken to the September 15, 1948 prison Hameln transferred, where on September 17, 1948, the execution by hanging was carried out.
literature
- Silke Schäfer: On the self-image of women in the concentration camp. The Ravensbrück camp. Berlin 2002 (Dissertation TU Berlin), urn : nbn: de: kobv: 83-opus-4303 , doi : 10.14279 / depositonce-528 .
- Taake, Claudia: Accused: SS women in court . Oldenburg 1998.
Web links
- Literature by and about Benno Orendi in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ravensbrueck: Bone, Muscle, and Regeneration Experiments
- ↑ a b Medical experiments on prisoners of war and concentration camp inmates ( Memento from March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orendi, Benno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian concentration camp doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sibiu |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 17, 1948 |
| Place of death | Hamelin |