Karl Genzken facts for kids
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Karl Genzken
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Genzken in U.S. custody
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| Born | June 8, 1885 Preetz, German Empire
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| Died | October 10, 1957 (aged 72) |
| Title | SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Conviction(s) | War crimes Crimes against humanity Membership in a criminal organization |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment; commuted to 20 years imprisonment |
Karl August Genzken (June 8, 1885 – October 10, 1957) was a Nazi physician who committed medical atrocities on prisoners of several concentration camps. He was a Gruppenführer (Major General) of the Waffen-SS and the Chief of the Medical Office of the Waffen-SS. Genzken.
He was tried and convicted as a war criminal and for crimes against humanity in the 1947 Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but his sentence was commuted to 20 years and he was released in 1954.
Nazi Party membership
Genzken had joined the NSDAP on July 7, 1926 (party member No. 39,913). He joined the SS on November 5, 1933 (No. 207,954).
In 1934, he was reactivated as a reserve officer in the Naval Medical Service. After that, he transferred to the SS Operational Main Office then was promoted from an assistant medical director to the medical superintendent of the SS Hospital in Berlin, and appointed Chief of the Medical Office of the Waffen-SS in 1942. He rose to the rank of Major General in the Waffen-SS.
Trial and conviction
Genzken was found guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and membership in an illegal organization by the American Military Tribunal No. I (the Doctors' Trial). He was condemned in August 1947 to life imprisonment by the tribunal. His sentence was later reduced to 20 years and he was released in April 1954.
See also
In Spanish: Karl Genzken para niños
- Concentration Camps Inspectorate
- Doctors' Trial
- List SS-Gruppenführer
- Nazi human experimentation
