Georg Abesser

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Georg Karl Wilhelm Abesser (born August 7, 1889 in Schwammelwitz , Neisse district ; † August 3, 1977 in Itzehoe ) was a German medical officer , last doctor general in World War II .

Military career

Georg Abesser joined the Prussian Army in April 1908 and was promoted to assistant doctor on August 5, 1914 after the outbreak of the First World War . In 1914 he received his doctorate at the Royal Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin with the thesis The surgical treatment of rectal cancer . Further promotions took place during the war. On September 3, 1916 as senior physician and on March 23, 1920 as medical officer . In 1920 he resigned from active employment and was not accepted into the Reichswehr .

On April 1, 1935, he joined the newly established Wehrmacht with the rank of senior staff doctor . Just one year later, on October 1, he was promoted to chief physician . From 1938 to February 1, 1940 he was a division doctor of the 30th Infantry Division and at the same time led the medical department 30 (Lübeck) of the 30th Infantry Division as a commander until August 26, 1939. With the division he took part in the attack on Poland , but was transferred shortly before the western campaign . In his use as corps doctor of the XXXIX. Panzer Corps from February 1940 to June 25, 1943, he was promoted to doctor general in July 1942. This was followed by a transfer to the Führerreserve until September 5, 1944. He was then on the staff of the Deputy General Command of the X Army Corps . At the end of April 1945 Abesser was released from the Wehrmacht.

Georg Abesser was a member of the German Tropical Medicine Society in Hamburg.

Awards

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (ed.), Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Markus Rövekamp: The Generals of the Army 1921–1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 1, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 . Pp. 3-4.
  • Wolfgang Keilig : The German Army, 1939–1945. Volume 3, Podzun, 1956, p. 3.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Mühlens: Archives for ship and tropical hygiene . JA Barth, 1938, p. 48 ( google.de [accessed on May 26, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Klaus D. Patzwall , Veit Scherzer : The German Cross 1941-1945. History and owner. Volume II. Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X , p. 536.
personal data
SURNAME Abesser, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abesser, Georg Karl Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medical officer, most recently general doctor
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwammelwitz , Neisse district
DATE OF DEATH 3rd August 1977
Place of death Itzehoe