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Eduard Wirths

Eduard Wirths, German physician (died 1945)

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Born
September 4, 1909
Died
September 20, 1945
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1909

About Eduard Wirths

Eduard Wirths was the chief SS doctor at the Auschwitz concentration camp from September 1942 to January 1945. Thus, Wirths had formal responsibility for everything undertaken by the nearly twenty SS doctors who worked in the medical sections of Auschwitz between 1942 and 1945. Eduard Wirths, however, became an ardent Nazi while studying medicine at the University of Würzburg (1930–35).

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Eduard Wirths timeline

  1. Eduard Wirths, however, became an ardent Nazi while studying medicine at the University of Würzburg (1930–35).
  2. Thus, Wirths had formal responsibility for everything undertaken by the nearly twenty SS doctors who worked in the medical sections of Auschwitz between 1942 and 1945.

The world when Eduard Wirths was born

Eduard Wirths was born in 1909. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1909

  • Best-selling book"The Inner Shrine" – Basil King

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentHonus Wagner leads Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series victory
  • Top headlineRobert Peary claims to reach the North Pole
  • Technology milestoneBakelite (first fully synthetic plastic) invented
  • Notable inventionBakelite plastic
  • World population~1.69B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population88.8M

1909 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Eduard Wirths's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19092026
Population88.8M341 million

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