SOME OF THE PRISONERS
HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP
11
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German medical emblem, the “snake & staff,” found on Attig’s shoulder boards. |
NAME: Generalarzt Dr. med. Rudolf Attig
PW NO: A938916
RANK: Generalarzt
CAPTURED: Unknown
DATE: 28th April 1945
PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 14
April 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH: Gießen, Lahn
DATE OF DEATH: 27 January 1981
PLACE OF DEATH: Bremen
NATIONALITY: German
RELIGION: Evangelical
OCCUPATION: Military Medical Doctor
HEIGHT: 5' 11.5"
WEIGHT: 12 stone
2lbs
HAIR COLOUR: Brown
EYE COLOUR: Brown
NEXT OF KIN: Auguste Attig, Hassendorf (British Zone)
Promotions:
- Assistenzarzt: 1 May 1923
- Stabsarzt: 1 March 1928
- Oberfeldarzt: 1 August 1937
- Oberstarzt: 1 July 1940
- Generalarzt: 1 June 1944
Commands & Assignments:
- 8 August 1914: Entered Army service.
- 1932: On the Medical Staff at Berlin, Medical Battalion 3.
- 1938: On the Medical Staff at Darmstadt, Medical Battalion 35.
- 26 August 1939: Divisional Doctor of the 246th Infantry Division. [The division took part in the invasion of France in May-June 1940 and then returned to Germany.]
- 15 April 1941: Divisional Doctor of the 17th Panzer Division. [The division was engaged in the invasion of the Soviet Union from 22 June 1941 as a component of Army Group Center.]
- 9 June 1942: Corps Doctor of the XII Army Corps in Russia.
- 22 January 1943: Führer Reserve in the Army High Command.
- 8 December 1943-11 December 1944: Army Doctor of the 10th Army in Italy.
- 11 December 1944: Führer Reserve in the Army High Command.
- 28th April 1945 British Captivity
- 9th January 1946 transferred from Camp 1 to Island Farm Special Camp 11.
- 26th April 1946 transferred to Camp 99 (General Hospital).
- 25th June 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11.
- 17th January 1947 transferred to Camp 99 (General Hospital).
- 21st March 1947 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11.
- 25th November 1947 Repatriated