15 Facts About Philipp Bouhler

Philipp Bouhler was a German senior Nazi Party functionary who was both a and Chief of the Chancellery of the Fuhrer of the NSDAP.

Philipp Bouhler committed suicide on 19 May 1945, while in the US internment camp at Zell am See in Austria.

Philipp Bouhler was born in Munich, to a retired colonel, and spent five years in the Royal Bavarian Cadet Corps.

Philipp Bouhler entered the 1st Royal Bavarian Foot Artillery Regiment in 1916 during the First World War, was commissioned as a Leutnant in July 1917, and was badly wounded the next month.

Philipp Bouhler was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd class, and was hospitalized through the end of the war.

Philipp Bouhler joined the Nazi Party in July 1922 with membership number 12.

Philipp Bouhler took part in the failed Beer Hall Putsch in Munich and when the Party was banned, became the Business Manager for the Nazi front organization, the Greater German People's Community, based in Munich.

Philipp Bouhler joined the SS in the rank of SS-Gruppenfuhrer on 20 April 1933 with membership number 54,932.

On 30 January 1936, Philipp Bouhler was promoted to the rank of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer.

Philipp Bouhler was next appointed chief of Adolf Hitler's Chancellery, a post specially created on 17 November 1934 that was first and foremost set aside for party business.

An example of such interactions occurred when Philipp Bouhler obtained Hitler's written authorization for the expropriation of the villa that became the center of administrative operations for T4, an act veiled in the bureaucracy that characterized Hitler's leadership style.

Meanwhile, Philipp Bouhler was able to get Hitler to sign the document authorizing the euthanasia program itself and while not possessing the force of law, it provided the necessary protection to get once reluctant physicians to participate.

Philipp Bouhler's office was responsible for Hitler's correspondence, which included private and internal communications as well as responding to public inquiries.

Philipp Bouhler produced a history of the Nazi movement entitled, Kampf um Deutschland in 1938.

Philipp Bouhler was responsible for the killing of disabled German citizens.