Theodor Pakheiser
Johann Paul Theodor Pakheiser (born January 6, 1898 in Mannheim , † December 2, 1969 in Munich ) was a German dermatologist , racial hygienist and Nazi health functionary in Baden .
Life
Pakheiser took part in the First World War as a medical soldier . After the war, he studied medicine and in 1922 at the University of Heidelberg to the Dr. med. PhD . In the same year he received his license to practice medicine . He then worked as an assistant doctor at the Heidelberg Dermatology Clinic and practiced as a specialist in skin disorders in Heidelberg from 1925 to 1933.
Pakheiser, who belonged to the DVP from 1920 to 1924 , joined the NSDAP in 1930 ( membership number 357.240) and became a member of the NS-Ärztebund . From 1930 he was a member of the SS (SS No. 6.601), where he rose to Obersturmbannführer in 1937 .
After the handover of power to the National Socialists , Pakheiser was appointed State Commissioner for Health Care in Baden in 1933 and was appointed to head the health department in the Baden Ministry of the Interior. His official seat was Karlsruhe . In this role he implemented the law for the prevention of genetically ill offspring , which was applied in the course of the forced sterilization, especially in Baden. From 1934 he held lectures on racial hygiene as an honorary professor at the University of Heidelberg. In the same capacity, he also taught at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau on the instructions of the Baden Minister of Education, Otto Wacker (decree 3656) . He was promoted to chief medical officer in 1934 and to ministerial council the following year. From 1934 he headed the Gauamt for public health in Baden. He was also district chairman and advisor to the Reich Medical Association . In 1936 he moved to Munich, where he was employed as head of the Reich Main Office at the Main Office for Public Health. He was on the staff of the Fuehrer's deputy . From 1937 to 1945 he was scientific director at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden . During the Second World War he was employed as a hospital doctor in the Waffen SS from 1943 .
After the end of the war he was interned by the Allies until 1948. He took up residence in Munich and in 1955 submitted a prisoner of war compensation application.
literature
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Who was what before and after 1945 . 2nd Edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 .
- Winfried Süß: The "People's Body" in War: Health Policy, Health Conditions and Sick Murder in National Socialist Germany 1939–1945 , Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 2003. ISBN 3-486-56719-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Birth register StA Mannheim, No. 68/1898
- ↑ Death register StA Munich I, No. 3142/1969
- ^ A b c d e f Winfried Suss: The "People's Body" in War: Health Policy, Health Conditions and Sick Murder in National Socialist Germany 1939-1945 , Munich 2003, p. 472f.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from July 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 448f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pakheiser, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pakheiser, Johann Paul Theodor (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dermatologist, racial hygienist and Nazi health functionary in Baden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd December 1969 |
| Place of death | Munich |