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Dr jur Rudolf Brandt was born on
2 June 1909 in
Frankfurt/Oder. Stenographer. NSDAP member (NSDAP No. 1,331,536) and SS member
(SS No. 129,771).
SS-Obersturmbannführer since
20 April 1942.
SS-Standartenführer since
20 April 1944.
Brandt was Personal Administrative Officer to
Himmler, and Ministerial Counsellor and Chief
of the Ministerial Office in the Reich Ministry of the Interior.
He was put on trial by an American military tribunal at
Frankfurt/Main in the "Medical Case", on
9 Dec 1946, convicted
19 Aug 1947 and sentenced to death on
20 Aug 1947. Brandt was hanged at
Landsberg am Lech on
2 June 1948.
Brandt was probably captured in
Bremervörde on
21 or 22 May 1945, together with other members of
Himmler's flight group.
Sources:
Witte Peter, Wildt Michael, Pohl Dieter and others, eds.
Der Dienstkalender Heinrich Himmlers 1941/42,
Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg, 1999
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