19 Facts About Rudolf Brandt

Rudolf Brandt was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and executed in 1948.

Rudolf Brandt, the son of a railway worker, was born on 2 June 1909, and raised in modest circumstances in the town of Frankfurt an der Oder.

Rudolf Brandt was a member of the student's stenography club at the Realgymnasium, and in 1927, at the age of 18, won a competition with a transcription speed of 360 syllables per minute.

Rudolf Brandt attended the University of Berlin and the University of Jena, simultaneously working from 1928 to 1930 as a court reporter at the Provisional National Economic Council.

Rudolf Brandt would continue to practice stenography in the evenings with his colleague and former Frankfurt schoolmate Gerhard Herrgesell.

Rudolf Brandt was awarded a doctorate of law from the University of Jena in July 1933.

Rudolf Brandt joined the Nazi Party in January 1932 and the Schutzstaffel in October 1933.

In 1936, Rudolf Brandt was named Chief of the Personal Staff of the Reichsfuhrer-SS, and in 1937, Personlicher Referent des RFSS, a position he held until the end of the war in May 1945.

Rudolf Brandt would begin work at seven in the morning, no matter what time he had gone to bed the night before.

Rudolf Brandt was the eyes and ears of his master and the manner in which he presented a matter to Himmler was often of decisive importance.

In 1938 or 1939, Rudolf Brandt became Himmler's liaison officer to the Reich Ministry of the Interior and particularly to the Office Secretary of the Interior.

In 1943, when Himmler became Minister of the Interior, Rudolf Brandt was Ministerial Councilor and Head of the Minister's Office in the Reich Ministry of the Interior.

Rudolf Brandt was a member of the Ahnenerbe society, of which Himmler was President.

Rudolf Brandt was briefly absent from Himmler's office, from 30 March 1941 to 11 May 1941.

In February 1942, Sievers submitted to Himmler, through Rudolf Brandt, a report from which the following is an extract read at the Nuremberg Doctors Trial by General Telford Taylor, Chief Counsel for the prosecution at Nuremberg:.

Rudolf Brandt was a member of the entourage which accompanied Himmler into hiding, leaving Flensberg on 10 May 1945, with the goal of reaching Bavaria.

Rudolf Brandt was indicted in October, 1946 by the US Military Tribunal, on charges of:.

Rudolf Brandt was found guilty on the other three counts, as he had been responsible for the administration and coordination of the experiments at the camps.

Rudolf Brandt was hanged on 2 June 1948, his 39th birthday.