Kurt-Peter Müller

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Kurt-Peter Müller (born March 10, 1894 in Offenburg , Baden , † February 11, 1993 in Pfullingen ) was a German general physician as well as an SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS .

Life

Müller came from Baden-Württemberg and after studying medicine as a Dr. med. before he took part in the First World War . He was u. a. used as a field doctor in a Turkish hospital during the Battle of Gallipoli . After the war he was a member of a volunteer corps .

He lived in Brazil until 1936 . At the time of National Socialism , he joined the NSDAP ( membership number 3.592.299) and the SS (membership number 278.038). Müller was then able to advance in the medical service of the SS. In April 1939 he became head of the SS Medical Academy in Berlin ; In 1940 he was promoted to SS-Obersturmbannführer . In addition, during the period of the French campaign, he worked in the medical department of the SS disposal division. After the Medical Academy was relocated to Graz , Müller continued to work there as director. During his service there were also practice operations on concentration camp inmates, who in many cases did not survive. In May 1942 Müller was finally promoted to SS-Standartenführer and transferred as a troop doctor to SS medical department 7 of the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen" . This unit, which mainly consisted of so-called ethnic Germans , was actively used in actions against partisans until the end of the war . In February 1945, Müller was promoted to SS Brigadefuhrer and Major General of the Waffen SS and was appointed troop doctor of the 5th SS Volunteer Mountain Corps. After the battle for the Seelow Heights and the encirclement of the corps in the Halbe pocket , Müller was taken prisoner by the Soviets at the end of the war. He spent most of these in prisoner-of-war camp 5110/48 Woikowo ; in October 1955 he was released.

After his discharge, he worked as a doctor at the Reutlingen Health Department until he retired in 1965. According to information in the magazine Der Kamerad , he celebrated his 96th birthday with former companions.

There was no charge because of his work as an SS doctor or because of his deployment in the Balkans. Müller died in 1993.

Awards

See also

literature

  • Federal Archives (ed.): The occupation policy of German fascism in Yugoslavia, Greece, Albania, Italy and Hungary (1941–1945). Europe under the swastika. The occupation policy of German fascism (1938–1945). Volume 6. Hüthig Verlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-8226-1892-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 422
  2. ↑ Overview of awards and membership numbers
  3. ↑ Dissertation on the history of the Graz University Library 1938-45
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Kurt-Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general doctor and SS brigade leader of the Waffen SS
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenburg , Baden
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1993
Place of death Pfullingen