Siegfried Handloser

Siegfried Adolf Handloser (25 March 1885 – 3 July 1954) was a Doctor, Prof. of Medicine, Generaloberstabsarzt (three stars, OF-8) of the German Armed Forces Medical Services, Chief of the German Armed Forces Medical Services. He was one of the accused in the Doctors' Trial in Nuremberg—after the main Nuremberg Trials.

Siegfried Handloser
Handloser c. August 1942
Chief of the German Armed Forces Medical Services
In office 28 July 1942 – 13 August 1944
Personal details
Born	Siegfried Adolf Handloser 25 March 1885 Konstanz, German Empire
Died	3 July 1954 (aged 69) Munich, Germany
Cause of death	Cancer
Parents	Konstantin Handloser (father) Anna Maria (mother)
Alma mater	Kaiser Wilhelm Medicinal Academy University of Giessen
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire  Nazi Germany
Branch/service	German Army
Rank	Generaloberstabsarzt
Battles/wars	World War I World War II

Born in Konstanz he had been a member of the German Army Medical Service since the First World War. In 1938, Handloser was promoted to the position of Army Group physician of the Army Group Command 3. In October, 1939, he was named honorary professor.

He had held the position of Chief of the Medical Services of the Armed Forces during World War II. It was the most important medical position in the entire German Armed Forces and the Waffen-SS.

Yet despite his full knowledge, he had done nothing to stop medical experiments conducted on concentration camp prisoners; this was sufficient to implicate him in the several medical cases dealt with during the Doctors' Trial.

He was convicted by the American Military Tribunal No. I in August 1947, and sentenced to life imprisonment. This was later reduced to 20 years and, in 1954, he was released. Shortly afterwards, Handloser died of cancer in Munich at the age of 69.

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