He was originally a SS waffen physician and after getting wounded in combat role at war front , he was posted to Ravensbruck concentration camp and worked under Karl Gebhardt. they conducted surgical experiments on camp inmates. He was arrested after the war and was tried at Nuremberg doctors trial by American military tribunal . He was sentenced to life term and later it was reduced to 15 yeas in 1951. He was released in March 1954. He regained license to practice and joined Bohringer in ingelhein where he worked till he retired. He died in 2003. He was the last known living member from doctors trial when he passed away At the age of 91 years.
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