Dr. Med. Rudolf Walter Zahnert was born to Otto and Clara Zahnert on 17-02-1904 in Saubach, Germany, a very small village in the Thüringan area.
Rudolf had one brother, and his father Otto was a “Landwirt” (middle-class farmer).
Rudolf received his medical training at the University of Halle in Germany, and the University of Vienna in Austria.He was married in October 1935 and made his home in Naumburg/Saale.
Rudolf enlisted in 1939 and held the rank of Stabsarzt throughout the war.
Rudolf served his entire military career on the Eastern front and was always working in hospitals a short distance from the front.He served in Russia under Manstein, as well as in Poland, Romania and Austria. At war's end, Rudolf was taken POW by the Americans and was released in the autumn of 1945.
After the war, he continued his medical career as an Internist.
Rudolf died in 1985 and is buried in Naumburg/Saale.
Rudolf had one brother, and his father Otto was a “Landwirt” (middle-class farmer).
Rudolf received his medical training at the University of Halle in Germany, and the University of Vienna in Austria.He was married in October 1935 and made his home in Naumburg/Saale.
Rudolf enlisted in 1939 and held the rank of Stabsarzt throughout the war.
Rudolf served his entire military career on the Eastern front and was always working in hospitals a short distance from the front.He served in Russia under Manstein, as well as in Poland, Romania and Austria. At war's end, Rudolf was taken POW by the Americans and was released in the autumn of 1945.
After the war, he continued his medical career as an Internist.
Rudolf died in 1985 and is buried in Naumburg/Saale.
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