Claus Weber-Höller

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Claus-Harald Weber-Höller (born November 3, 1924 in Wuppertal , † February 24, 2020 in Windhagen ) was a German physician and general physician in the army of the Bundeswehr .

Service in the armed forces and medical studies

Weber-Höller was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1943 and served in the infantry on several fronts . In the last days of the war in 1945 he was promoted to lieutenant and after the end of the war he was an American prisoner of war until October 1945 . After his release from captivity, he studied medicine at the Philipps University in Marburg , which he completed in 1953 with the state examination and the doctorate to become Dr. med. finished. This was followed by further training as a specialist in surgery at the Marburg University Clinic and subsequently worked as a senior physician at the Marsberg hospital .

Service in the Bundeswehr

On September 1, 1958, Weber-Höller joined the German Armed Forces as a medical officer and was deployed as a troop doctor in a telecommunications battalion in Wuppertal . Subsequently, from September 1961, he was employed as a personnel officer in the inspection of the medical troops of the troop office in Cologne . After this activity, he worked for the Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg) on ​​the Hardthöhe in Bonn . First, from March 1965, he was a medical expert in the ministry's personnel department for six months, then an assistant in personnel management for the army medical officers (Section P V 4).

In April 1970, Weber-Höller was transferred again to Truppenamt to Cologne, where he became a colonel doctor the duties of the Chief Medical Officer, responsible u. a. for all matters of the medical service at all schools and teaching units of the army. At the same time, he also took on the role of Medical Advisor at the Allied Command Europe Forces Land (AMF L) , a multinational NATO mobile intervention group with headquarters in Heidelberg . He used the regular multinational maneuvers of the AMF specifically to promote and consolidate the recognition of the Bundeswehr medical service among NATO partners. This was followed by two further uses in the BMVg, this time for the inspection of the medical and health system (In San). Initially he was employed as head of unit in San II 2 from October 1973 , and then one year later as head of unit in San II 1 . During this time he was involved in various important plans, including a. for the establishment of the Bundeswehr Hospital Ulm , the recruitment of female medical officers and a joint, combined medical service of the Bundeswehr.

Weber-Höller became the ninth general physician in the army on October 1, 1976. When he took over this position, he was also stage manager of the Army Medical Service and Department Head IX in the Army Office in Cologne. Associated with this was the promotion to the rank of general physician . During this period of employment he was also responsible for the further development of the medical service in the army, so under his direction the establishment of the first permanent medical centers of the army and the introduction of relocatable hospitals were arranged. He was retired in March 1985.

Awards

During his service in the Wehrmacht he was awarded the Wound Badge and the Iron Cross 2nd class. For his services to the Bundeswehr he was awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany , the Cross of Honor of the Bundeswehr in Gold and the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Others

Weber-Höller was married. After retiring, he devoted himself to studying archeology and art history at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn .

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