Waldemar hoven biography of william

Waldemar Hoven was a Nazi and a physician at Buchenwald concentration camp. Hoven was born in Freiburg, Germany.

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Between the years and , he visited Denmark, Sweden, the United States, and France, returning in to Freiburg, where he completed his high school studies. He then attended the Universities of Freiburg and Munich. In , he joined the SS. In , he concluded his medical studies and became a physician for the SS. Hoven was involved in the administration of medical experiments regarding typhus and the tolerance of serum containing phenol, and which led to the deaths of many inmates.

He was also involved in Nazi euthanasia programs, during which people who were considered useless eaters were killed, along with Jewish people who were considered unfit for work. He was arrested by the Nazis in , accused of giving a lethal injection of phenol to an SS officer who was a potential witness in an investigation against Ilse Koch, with whom Hoven was rumoured to be having an affair.

He was convicted and sentenced to death, although he was released in March due to the Nazi shortage of doctors. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.