Karl Genzken

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Karl Genzken (born June 8, 1885 in Preetz, Holstein – October 10, 1957 in Hamburg, Germany), a physician, he conducted human experiments on prisoners of several concentration camps. He was a Major General of the Waffen-SS and the Chief of the Medical Office of the Waffen-SS. He was tried as a war criminal in the Doctors' Trial at Nuremberg.

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.

Genzken had joined the NSDAP on July 7, 1926 (the party member No. 39,913). He joined the SS on November 5, 1933 (No. 207,954) and rose to the rank of Major General in the Waffen-SS.

Genzken was involved in a series of human experiments that were carried out on prisoners of several concentration camps. Genzken was condemned in August 1947 to life imprisonment by the American Military Tribunal No. I. His sentence was later reduced to 20 years and he was released in April 1954.