Gaeromed Db—Entry for Walter August Rudolf Ludwig Schnell

Personal Info

Date of Birth:	1891-03-10	Place of birth:	Schmalkaden, Germany
Date of Death:	1960-01-07	Place of death:	Marburg, Germany
Gender:	M	Nationality (in the 1930/40s):	German
Religion:	Protestant

Remark: Schnell was the doctor in charge of dealing with typhus epidemics in the Litzmannstadt ghetto. He proposed a “special treatment”, i.e. to further the ghettoization of the Jews and to deport the sick. He was also a noted author, commentator and actor in “racial hygiene” in Nazi Germany.

Career

Institution	Role	From	To
Rassenpolitisches Amt, Halle an der Saale, Germany	???	???	???
Fliegeruntersuchungsstelle, Halle an der Saale, Germany	Head	???	???
Chef des Sanitätswesens der Luftwaffe (Stab), Reichsluftfahrtmininsterium, Berlin, Germany	Consultant for Hygiene	???	1943
Universitätsklinikum, Medizinische Fakultät, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Assistant	1919	1919
Gesundheitsamt, Halle an der Saale, Germany	Deputy Public Health Officer	1920-01-01	1922-07-31
Physiologisches Institut, Medizinische Fakultät, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany	Assistant	1920	1920
Gesundheitsamt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Councillor for Health Issues	1922	1923
Medizinische Fakultät, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Lecturer in biology and hygiene of physical education	1923	1925
Gesundheitsamt, Halle an der Saale, Germany	Head	1925-07-01	1940
Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Halle, Halle an der Saale, Germany	Lecturer in social hygiene	1928	1935
Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Halle, Halle an der Saale, Germany	non-tenured Assc. Professor	1935-05-01	1939-08-18
Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Halle, Halle an der Saale, Germany	Lecturer in aviation medicine	1935	1938
Erbgesundheitsgericht, Amtsgericht, Halle an der Saale, Germany	Judge	1936	???
Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Halle, Halle an der Saale, Germany	extra-budgetary Professor	1939-08-19	???
Litzmannstadt municipal government, Lodz, Poland	Commissioner f. public health	1939-12-05	1940-05-31
Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Halle, Halle an der Saale, Germany	Lecturer in racial hygiene	1939	1940
Ministerium f. d. besetzten Ostgebiete, Germany	Officer for Medicine for the Reichskommissariat Kaukasien	1941-12-03	1943-03-23
Sanitätsdienst der Luftwaffe, Luftwaffe, Reichswehr/Wehrmacht, Berlin, Germany	Flight Surgeon	1941	1941-12
Flottenarzt (Stab), Luftflotte 4, Luftwaffe, Reichswehr/Wehrmacht,	Officer for Hygiene	1943-03-24	1943-08-23
Gesundheitsamt, Halle an der Saale, Germany	Head	1943-08-24	1945-08-06
POW camp, Military Administration American Sector, Schwarzenborn, Germany	POW	1945-04-26	???
Medical Practice, Kirchhain, Germany	GP	1945	???

Political Affiliations

Institution	Role	From	To
NSDÄB, NSDAP, Munich, Germany	???	???	???
NSDB, NSDAP, Munich, Germany	???	???	???
NSV, NSDAP, Munich, Germany	District secretary	???	???
NSFK, Reichsluftfahrtmininsterium, Berlin, Germany	Brigadeführer	???	???
DLV, Berlin, Germany	Member of the Board of Govenors	???	???
Hitler-Youth, NSDAP, Munich, Germany	Regional surgeon	???	???
Stahlhelm, Germany	Member	???	???
DVP, Germany	Member	1925	1933
NSDAP, Munich, Germany	Member No. 2,758,019	1933-03-25	???
DLV, Berlin, Germany	Voluntary Head of the Medical Corps	1934	???

Scientific Societies

Institution	Role	From	To
Deutscher Gemeindetag, Germany	Member of the health committee	???	???
Deutsches Grünes Kreuz, Marburg, Germany	Secretary and Founder	1948	???
Sportärzteverband Hessen e.V., Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Chairman	1954	1956

Editorial Positions

Institution	Role	From	To
Zeitschrift für Gesundheitsverwaltung und Gesundheitsfürsorge, Germany	Editor	1930	1933

Sources

HLK RAR WikipediaDE BDCSchnell StAHSchnell LASAErbG UAHWSchnell HHStAWSchnell Eberle02 Klee03

Publications

Schnell, Walter: Luftfahrtmedizin. Einführung in die Biologie und Hygiene des Flugwesens, Berlin: Volkmann, 1935.
Schnell, Walter: Allgemeines über den Aufbau einer luftfahrtmedizinischen Vorlesung. Luftfahrtmedizinische Abhandlungen 1(1/2): 1—4 (1936).
Schnell, Walter: Das Flugzeug im Dienste des Gesundheitswesens. Luftfahrtmedizinische Abhandlungen 1(1/2): 111—115 (1936).

Schnell, Walter August Rudolf Ludwig