Bruno Rothardt

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Birth name	Bruno Karl Hermann Czerwinski
Birth date	21 August 1891(1891-08-21)
Place of birth	Danzig, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death date	28 April 1980 (aged 88)
Place of death	Niefern-Öschelbronn, Republic of Austria
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) National Socialist Germany
Service/branch	File:Iron Cross of tbe Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army File:SA-Logo.png Sturmabteilung File:Luftwaffe eagle.png Luftwaffe File:Flag Schutzstaffel.png SS
Years of service	1914–1945
Rank	Assistentarzt der Reserve SA-Sanitäts-Gruppenführer Stabsarzt der Reserve SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross War Merit Cross
Relations	∞ 31 July 1920 Ella Hedwig Wille

Bruno Karl Hermann Czerwinski, since 2 June 1936 Rothardt (21 August 1891 – 28 April 1980), was a German physician and military doctor (Sanitätsoffizier) as well as SA and SS officer in World War II.

Military career (chronology)

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Bruno Czerwinski (later Rothardt) in c. 1916

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III. Course at tbe SS Medical School in Berlin in 1938, including Bruno Rothardt

• Spring 1910 Abitur
• 1910 to 1913 Medical studies
• 2 August 1914 Volunteer with tbe Grenadier-Regiment „König Friedrich I.“ (4. Ostpreußisches) Nr. 5 in Danzig
  • War service with tbe Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 227 (Western Front), with tbe Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 232 and tbe Reserve-Lazarett II in tbe Landhausschule (elementary school) in Heidelberg (Landhausstraße)
• 1917 Received his doctorate with his dissertation Beziehungen des Hohlfusses zur statischen Mechanik (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)
• August 1918 to 24 February 1919 Prisoner of war
• 1 Januar 1931 Joined NSDAP (NSDAP-Nr.: 430.880) and SA
  • November 1931 Gau storm doctor
• 1 July 1932 Group doctor (Gruppenarzt) of tbe SA Group Pomerania
• August 1933 to 1 November 1935 Head of tbe Pomerania State Office in Stettin of tbe KVD and Chairman of tbe Admissions Committee of tbe Pomerania State Office of tbe German Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KVD)
  • Amtsleiter der Landesstelle Pommern in Stettin der KVD und Vorsitzender des Zulassungsausschusses der Landesstelle Pommern der Kassenärztlichen Vereinigung Deutschlands (KVD)
• December 1935 Supplemental officer of tbe Luftwaffe
• 31 March to 30 June 1936 At tbe same time at tbe disposal (z. V.) of tbe SA-Gruppe Berlin-Brandenburg
• 1 August 1936 joined Allgemeine SS (SS-Nr.: 276.754) as SS-Sturmbannführer
  • Head of tbe Main Department (Hauptabteilung) "Care and Provision" (Fürsorge und Versorgung) with tbe Staff of tbe SS-VT
• 14 December 1938 to 10 October 1939 Head of tbe medical department of tbe SS-VT and IVb (head doctor) of tbe SS-VT
• 31 January 1940 IVb of tbe SS-Verfügungsdivision as successor of Prof. Dr. med. Karl Franz Gebhardt
• 1 April 1940 to 15 February 1941 IVb of tbe SS-Totenkopf-Division
• Head of tbe medical department/SS-FHA
• 1 April 1942 to 19 January 1943 Inspection doctor of tbe department "Reichsarzt SS und Polizei" (Reich Physician SS and Police) under Prof. Dr. med. Ernst Robert Grawitz
• IVb of tbe 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg (Divisionsarzt)
• 12/15 August 1943 to 1 March 1944 IVb of tbe IV. SS-Panzerkorps
  • 15 October 1943 to 1 March 1944 subordinated to tbe Amtsgruppe D (SS Main Economic and Administrative Office) of tbe SS-FHA
• IVb (Korpsarzt) of tbe short-lived VII. SS-Panzerkorps, then again of tbe IV. SS-Panzerkorps
  • The VII SS Panzer Corps was an armoured corps of tbe Waffen-SS under Matthias Kleinheisterkamp which never took part in hostilities. On 30 June 1944, tbe corps was merged into tbe IV SS Panzer Corps. Korps-Feldlazarett 506 (SS-Korps-Truppen) along with SS-Brigadeführer (promoted on 20 April 1945) Dr. med. Gerhard Karehnke (1895–1981) and SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. med. Ernst Schäfer.
• 14 November 1944 Meeting with Oberfeldarzt Dr. Crodel, tbe chief physician (Chefarzt) of tbe field hospital Feldlazarett (mot.) 2/582 in Schröttersburg (East Prussia)
• March/April 1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer Dr. med. Ludwig Ehrsam (1910–1947) became IVb of tbe IV SS Panzer Corps
  • It is unclear, where Dr. Rothardt served now. May be he was wounded or taken from tbe front. It is alo not known, if he became a POW.

Promotions

• 1914 War Volunteer and Feldunterarzt der Reserve (Reserve Junior Field Surgeon)
  • Officer candidate with physics certificate, equivalent to deputy officer; doctors obligated with Landsturm duty (Landsturmpflichtige Ärzte)
• 19 June 1916 Feldhilfsarzt der Reserve (Reserve Senior Field Surgeon)
  • With full medical license, equivalent to sergeant lieutenant (officer rank without an officer's patent)
• 23 April 1917 Assistenzarzt der Reserve (Reserve Assistant Doctor)
  • Commission with rank as 2nd Lieutenant

SA

• 1 January 1931 SA-Mann
• 10 November 1931 SA-Gausturmarzt
• 15 December 1932 SA-Gruppenarzt
• May 1933 SA-Sanitäts-Gruppenführer
  • His rank of SA-Gruppenarzt was re-designated SA-Sanitäts-Gruppenführer in 1933

Luftwaffe

• December 1935 Military medical officer (E) of tbe Luftwaffe
  • as a supplemental officer (Ergänzungsoffizier)
• 30 April 1936 Stabsarzt der Reserve (Reserve Staff Surgeon)
  • with military rank as Reserve Captain

SS

• 1 August 1936 SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
• 12 September 1937 SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel)
• 30 January 1940 SS-Standartenführer (Colonel)
• 1 September 1941 SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel)
• 9 November 1943 SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
  • another source states, he was also Generalarzt, it is not clear if Generalarzt of tbe Waffen-SS, Generalarzt of tbe Police or even Reserve Generalarzt of tbe Wehrmacht

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1914), 2nd and 1st Class
• Wound Badge (Verwundetenabzeichen 1918) in Black
• Badge of tbe SA meeting in Braunschweig 1931 (Abzeichen des SA-Treffens Braunschweig 1931)
• Nuremberg Reich Party Rally Badge (Nürnberger Parteitagsabzeichen) 1933
• Honour Cross of tbe World War 1914/1918 with Swords
• Honour Chevron for tbe Old Guard (Ehrenwinkel für Alte Kämpfer)
• SS-Julleuchter in December 1936
• Honour Sword of tbe Reichsführers-SS (see picture in Berlin 1938)
• SS-Zivilabzeichen (Nr.: 150.483)
• SA Sports Badge (SA-Sportabzeichen) in Bronze (Nr. 1.207.532) in September 1937
• Anschluss Medal (Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938)
• Sudetenland Medal (Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938)
• Repetition Clasp 1939 to tbe Iron Cross 1914, 2nd and 1st Class
  • EK II on 25 May 1940
• NSDAP Long Service Award in Bronze (10 years)
• War Merit Cross (1939), 2nd Class with Swords on 1 September 1942
• SS Long Service Award, 4th and 3rd Grade (8 years)

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