Karl Walther

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Karl Hans Walther
Generalmajor (NVA) Prof. Dr. Karl Walther.jpg
Generalmajor (NVA) Prof. Dr. med. habil. Walther
Birth name Karl Hans Otto Walther
Birth date 4 October 1895(1895-10-04)
Place of birth Gotha, Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German Empire
Death date 9 March 1965 (aged 69)
Place of death East Berlin, GDR
Allegiance German Empire German Empire
Germany Weimar Republic
National Socialist Germany National Socialist Germany
East Germany German Democratic Republic
Service/branch Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
War Ensign of the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Reichswehr
Balkenkreuz.jpg Heer
Coat of arms of NVA (East Germany).png National People's Army
Rank Generalarzt
Generalmajor
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Iron Cross

Karl Hans Otto Walther (4 October 1895 – 9 March 1965) was a German physician (areas of expertise: general hygiene, military hygiene), military doctor (Sanitätsoffizier) and university professor.

Life

Porträtfotografie von Karl Hans Otto Walther als Angehörigem des Corps Normannia Berlin.jpg
Lehrbuch der Hygiene, K. H. Walther.jpg
  • 1914 Begin of his studies at the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy for Military Medical Education (de) in Berlin
    • Member of the Saxonia Pépinière Corps, a fraternity of the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy; In 1919, the three corps Franconia, Suevo-Borussia and Saxonia moved their headquarters from Berlin to the new University of Hamburg.
  • 1914 to 1918 WWI service as a medic; wounded
  • 1919 to 1922 Continuation of medical studies at the universities of Berlin, Jena, Heidelberg and Hamburg
    • 1920 Member of the Corps Normannia Berlin
    • 1920 to 1922 Member of the “German Democratic Party” (DDP)
  • 1922 Medical state examination
  • 1923 Dissertation (Dr. med.) at the Friedrich Wilhelm University of Berlin
  • 1923 to 1928 Medical officer of the Reichswehr in Berlin
    • later with the medical squadron and military hospital in Halberstadt (Sanitätsstaffel Halberstadt/Sanitäts-Abteilung 4) and with the medical squadron in Görlitz (Sanitätsstaffel Görlitz/Sanitäts-Abteilung 3)
  • 1928 Head of the Medical Examination Office in Berlin and the Hygienic Examination Office in Dresden
    • Medical officer in the Sanitätsstaffel Dresden/Sanitäts-Abteilung 4
  • Rank list 1931 Medical officer in the Sanitätsstaffel Berlin/Sanitäts-Abteilung 3
  • 1933 to 1939 Specialist for hygiene in the Army Medical Inspectorate in the Reichswehr Ministry (RWM)
    • 1936 Medical officer and chief physician at the Berlin military hospital (Standortlazarett)
  • 1937 Habilitation (Dr. med. habil.) and lecturer for Hygiene at the University of Leipzig
    • Medical officer in the Sanitätsstaffel Leipzig/Sanitäts-Abteilung 14
  • 24 August 1939 Hygienist and Chief Epidemiologist at Army High Command (OKH)/General Quartermaster
  • 22 June 1940 Leaders Reserve (Führerreserve)/OKH
  • 1 July 1940 Divisional doctor of the 96th Infantry Division
  • 20 July 1940 Service with the Chief of Military Administration in France
  • 15 February 1941 Divisional doctor of the 7th Panzer Division
  • 27 December 1941 Leaders Reserve (Führerreserve)/OKH
  • 1 April 1942 Corps doctor of the XXIII. Armee-Korps
  • 8 October 1942 Advisory hygienist at the High Command of Army Group A
  • 15 February 1944 Army Doctor of the Army High Command Norway
  • December 1944 Fell ill
  • 15 December 1944 Leaders Reserve (Führerreserve)/OKH, appointed professor with teaching assignment as head of department at the Hygiene Institute in Leipzig
  • April to June 1945 POW in American captivity
  • 19 October 1945 Arrested / taken prisoner of war by the Soviets in Leipzig
    • initially in NKVD camp no. 27/Krasnogorsk, forced to attend the "anti-fascist school"
  • 1946 made contact with the National Committee for a Free Germany
    • Imprisoned in NKVD camps 48/Černcy, Ležnevo and 324/Ivanovo.
    • Actively participated in anti-fascist propaganda work with lectures to German prisoners of war about the face of the future democratic Germany
  • 28 August 1949 Returned to Germany via repatriation camp no. 69, Frankfurt an der Oder
    • begins working in the socialist-communist Ministry of Health of the GDR
  • 1950 Head of the Department of Hygiene and Disease Control in the GDR
  • 15 September 1952 Entry into the Barracked People's Police (Kasernierte Volkspolizei)
  • 1 October 1952 to 1953 Head of the Medical Administration in the Ministry of the Interior of the GDR
  • 1 October 1952 to 1955 also Head of the Medical Administration of the Barracked People's Police of the GDR
  • 1954 Joined the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED)
  • 1 June 1955 First commander of the Military Medical Section (MMS) at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald
  • 1 March 1956 Transferred to the National People's Army (NVA)
  • 31 December 1956 Retired due to the consequences of long-term suffering[1]

Promotions

German Army

  • 1.11.1923 Assistenzarzt (= 2nd Lieutenant)
  • 1.4.1925 Oberarzt (= 1st Lieutenant)
  • 1.8.1928 Stabsarzt (= Captain)
  • 1.4.1937 Oberfeldarzt (= Wehrmacht Lieutenant Colonel)
  • 1.6.1940 Oberstarzt (= Wehrmacht Colonel)
  • 1.7.1943 Generalarzt (= Wehrmacht Major General)

GDR

  • 1.10.1952 Generalmajor der Kasernierten Volkspolizei (Major General of the Barracked People's Police)
  • 1.3.1956 Generalmajor der Nationalen Volksarmee (Major General of the National People's Army)

Awards, decorations and honours (excerpt)

  • Iron Cross (1914), 2nd Class
  • Saxe-Ernestine House Order, Medal of Merit (Verdienstmedaille) in Gold with Swords (HSEH5a⚔/HSH5a⚔/EH5a⚔)[2]
  • Wound Badge (1918) in Black
  • Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 with Swords
  • Wehrmacht Long Service Award (Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung), 4th to 1st Class
  • Honorary title “Honored Doctor of the People” (Verdienter Arzt des Volkes) on 11 December 1952 (award certificate and wearable medal)
  • Patriotic Order of Merit (Vaterländischer Verdienstorden) in Bronze
  • Hufeland Medal (Hufeland-Medaille) I. Grade in Gold in 1963
    • The award was given for special services, exemplary initiatives in socialist competition and the fulfillment of the specified planning tasks in the health and social services of the GDR. It was also given for many years of meritorious service in these areas as well as in administration and in middle-level medical professions.

Writings

  • Beiträge zur klinischen Pathologie des Erythema nodosum (Dissertation), Berlin 1923
  • Latente Bang-Krankheit[3] im Heere (Habilitation), abstract in: "Der Deutsche Militärarzt", Issue 1, Berlin 1937
  • Lehrbuch der Hygiene (as editor), Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Berlin 1954

References

  1. ↑ Generalarzt Dr. Karl Walther (1895-1965)
  2. ↑ Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres, 1931, p. 103
  3. ↑ Bacterial infectious disease transmitted by cattle (brucellosis); epidemic calving of cattle caused by Brucella (Brucella abortus).
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