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Eduard Wirths (4 September 1909 – 20 September 1945) was the chief SS doctor ( SS-Standortarzt) at the Auschwitz concentration camp from September 1942 to January 1945.
Eduard Wirths. Dr. Eduard Wirths carried out oharmacological experimens and also attempted to boost the scientific career of his younger brother, a gynecologist from Hamburg, by joining him from the spring of 1943 in experiments on cervical cancer.
Eduard Wirths was a German SS physician who served at Auschwitz Camp from 1942 to 1945. He was in charge of typhus control, Zyklon B supplies, crematoria planning and inmate selections, and was praised by inmates and superiors for his work.
In 1941-1944, SS camp physicians Friedrich Entress, Helmuth Vetter, and Eduard Wirths carried out clinical trials of the tolerance and efficacy of new medications and drugs, with such ode names as B-1012, B-1O34, B-1O36, 3582, P-111, rutenolu, and peristonu, on Auschwitz Concentration Camp prisoners.
Nov 17, 2020 · SS Doctor Eduard Wirths came to Auschwitz in September 1942 with a mandate to reduce prisoner mortality and make slave labor more lucrative to the SS. As Budziaszek had proven an able physician at a smaller Auschwitz subcamp, he was a good choice for Monowitz.
Discover the chilling story of Eduard Wirths, who ascended to the role of chief SS doctor at Auschwitz in 1942. Under his authority, horrific medical experiments and merciless...
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Biography. Eduard Wirths became an ardent Nazi while studying medicine at the University of Würzburg (1930–35). He joined the Nazi Party and the SA in June 1933 and applied for admission to the SS in 1934. He joined the Waffen-SS in 1939, came into action in Norway and the Russian front.
