Chief of the Wehrmacht medical services
The chief of the Wehrmacht sanitary system (chief W San) was the highest person in charge of the entire sanitary system of the Wehrmacht .
The post in the High Command of the Wehrmacht (OKW), which formed the military counterpart to the post of the Reich Health Leader Leonardo Conti as head of the civil health system, was founded on July 28, 1942 and was carried out by Chief Staff Doctor Siegfried Handloser , who also held his previous position as chief responsible for the medical service of the entire army as army medical inspector and also as army doctor until August 13, 1944 continued to exercise.
Before the post was created, there was no central person primarily responsible for the military medical services of the Wehrmacht. Just as the Army Medical Inspector was responsible for the Army medical service at the highest level, it was for the Air Force the Medical Inspector of the Air Force , for the Navy the Chief Medical Officer of the Navy and the same applied to the Reichsarzt SS and Police .
Chief of the Wehrmacht medical services
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siegfried Handloser | July 28, 1942 | August 13, 1944 | Chief Medical Officer |
See also
- Inspector of the Medical Service (Bundeswehr)
literature
- Neumann, Alexander: Doctors are always fighters - The Army Medical Inspection and the "Chief of the Wehrmacht Medical Service" in World War II (1939–1945) , 2005. ISBN 3-7700-1618-1 .
- Süß, Winfried: The "People's Body" in War: Health Policy, Health Conditions and Sick Murder in National Socialist Germany 1939-1945 , 2003. ISBN 3-486-56719-5 .