Wilhelm Albrecht (doctor)

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Wilhelm Albrecht (born November 30, 1905 in Waldenburg , Lower Silesia , † March 17, 1993 ) was a German medical officer in three armies . Most recently he was in the Bundeswehr as Chief Staff Doctor from October 1, 1962 to March 31, 1967, the 2nd inspector of the medical and health system .

Life

Albrecht's parents were Hermann Albrecht and his wife Marie geb. Judge . He started school in 1912 and moved to the humanistic grammar school in 1915 , which he graduated from high school in 1926. He then began to study human medicine at the Philipps University of Marburg and the University of Vienna . During his studies in 1926 he became a member of the Alemannia Marburg fraternity .

Reichswehr

Promotions

During his studies he completed basic training with the Reichswehr from April to October 1930 , in the training battalion of the 15th Infantry Regiment in Marburg . In order to be able to finish his studies, he was assigned to the on-site hospital in Wroclaw . At the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University, he completed his studies in January 1932. This was followed by the internship year in the location field hospital and the approval in February 1933. Subsequently, he was a junior doctor until January 1933 auxiliary physician in Breslau site hospital and from February 1933 medical officer at 7 . (Prussian) cavalry regiment in Breslau. From November 1, 1933 to January 1934, he was assigned to the midwifery school for further scientific training. Afterwards he was an air base doctor and leader of the air force medical team at the Great Fighting School in Lechfeld until March 1938 . During this time his doctorate he in September 1934. Dr. med.

Wehrmacht

He was accepted into the Air Force (Wehrmacht) and completed his pilot training. From October 1935 to March 1936 he was a troop doctor and head of the air force medical school in the Ulm hospital . From April 1936 to March 1938 he was employed again in Lechfeld as head of the air force medical school and head of the medical company. This was followed by assignments as an air base doctor at the Wiener Neustadt / West airfield from March to April 1938 and at the air war school at the Fürstenfeldbruck airfield , where he also worked as a specialist teacher. Subsequently, he led the air force medical replacement company 7 Taufkirchen (near Munich) - Possenhofen as company commander until May 1940 .

In May 1940, during World War II , Albrecht became adjutant to the air doctor for Belgium-Northern France in Brussels during the campaign in the west . From July he was the chief medical officer of the Air Defense Command Northern France in Acheux and Boulogne. In November he came to Mährisch-Trübau and Schweidnitz as commander of Air Force Medical Training Department 8 . During his time in command, he completed his glider pilot and pilot training. In 1941/42 he was also Deputy Air Corps Doctor IV in the Air Corps Nikolayev and Zaporozhe . From August 1942 to May 1943 he was deployed in the Africa campaign as a division doctor in Flak Division 19 before he was taken prisoner by the British on May 13 in Tunisia .

armed forces

After he was released on June 12, 1946 from what would later become a US prisoner of war , he practiced as a substitute doctor in Sarstedt from October . In March 1947 he opened a doctor's practice in Völksen .

On February 1, 1956 Albrecht resigned as Oberfeldarzt to the newly formed Bundeswehr and was there initially to August 1956 at the Ministry of Defense (MoD) in the assumption organization group leader of Prüfoffiziere in the Medical Service. From August 1956 to February 1958 he was a military area doctor at the military area command II and was appointed professional soldier in this role in September 1956 . In March 1958 he became deputy inspector of the medical and health services of the Bundeswehr, which he himself followed in October 1962. He was retired on March 31, 1967.

Albrecht was married to Gertrud geb. Fahmel (1912–2003), with whom he had two children.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Burschenschafter Stammrolle 1991. P. 184.
  2. ^ The inspectors of the medical service 1955-1976: Generaloberstabsarzt Dr. med. Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht , Federal Archives ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundesarchiv.de
personal data
SURNAME Albrecht, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albrecht, Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medical officer
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldenburg , Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1993