Johann Recktenwald

Johann Recktenwald (born June 24, 1882 in Bliesen ; † April 16, 1964 ) headed the then NS-Zwischenanstalt Andernach from 1934 to 1945 and was involved in the euthanasia crimes of the National Socialists in this function .

He had passed his state examination in Marburg in 1907, received his doctorate two years later, and then worked in various psychiatric institutions. During the First World War he served as a military doctor. In 1916 he married. From 1920 to 1927 he worked in Andernach as a senior physician, then in Bonn and in Bedburg-Hau. On May 1, 1933, he joined the NSDAP . In August 1939, shortly before the attack on Poland , Recktenwald was appointed chief doctor of the reserve hospital. On March 9, 1945, he was arrested by members of the US Army and not released until December 3, 1946. On March 12, 1947 he was arrested again, this time by German authorities. He was in custody until August 15, 1949. From the Landgericht Koblenz , he was sentenced in 1948 to eight years in prison in late July. The Higher Regional Court of Koblenz overturned this judgment on July 14, 1949. The case was tried again in 1950 before the jury court in Koblenz. Here he was acquitted. This judgment had legal force in April 1951 - the higher regional court had rejected the appeal requested by the public prosecutor.

In 1963 Recktenwald published the book What did Adolf Hitler suffer from? A neuropsychiatric interpretation .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Stefan Elsner: Dr. Johann Recktenwald, director of the institution in Andernach 1934–1945 . In: "... we were all against the implementation of the euthanasia campaign." On the Nazi "euthanasia" in the Rhineland . Pp. 131-140.
^ Stefan Elsner: Dr. Johann Recktenwald, director of the institution in Andernach 1934–1945 . In: "... we were all against the implementation of the euthanasia campaign." On the Nazi "euthanasia" in the Rhineland . P. 135.

personal data
SURNAME	Recktenwald, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German psychiatrist who was involved in the National Socialist murders
DATE OF BIRTH	June 24, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Blew
DATE OF DEATH	April 16, 1964

[Elsner131-1] Stefan Elsner: Dr. Johann Recktenwald, director of the institution in Andernach 1934–1945 . In: "... we were all against the implementation of the euthanasia campaign." On the Nazi "euthanasia" in the Rhineland . Pp. 131-140.

[2] Stefan Elsner: Dr. Johann Recktenwald, director of the institution in Andernach 1934–1945 . In: "... we were all against the implementation of the euthanasia campaign." On the Nazi "euthanasia" in the Rhineland . P. 135.