Ernst-Günther Schenck [SEP] date of death
Ernst-Günther Schenck
Ernst-Günther Schenck (3 October 1904 – 21 December 1998) was a German doctor and member of the SS in Nazi Germany. Because of a chance encounter with Adolf Hitler during the closing days of World War II, his memoirs proved historically valuable. His accounts of this period are prominent in the works of Joachim Fest and James P. O'Donnell regarding the end of Hitler's life, and were included in the film "Downfall" (2004).
Biography.
Schenck was born in
after April 22, 1945.
- Albert Speer, the Nazi Minister of Armaments
- Gerda Christian, one of Hitler's secretaries
- Traudl Junge, another of Hitler's secretaries
- Else Krüger, Bormann's secretary
- Erich Kempka, chauffeur
The following observers were captured by the Soviets and held for a decade, and were thus unavailable for many of the initial accounts of Hitler's death.
- Dr. Ernst-Günther Schenck, physician and operator of a casualty station in the Reich Chancellery