Ernst Gunther Schenck was a German doctor who joined the SA in 1933. Because of a chance encounter with Adolf Hitler during the closing days of World War II, his memoirs proved historically valuable. His accounts of this time period influenced both Joachim Fest and James O'Donnell's accounts of Hitler's end, and were included in the film Der Untergang. SA may stand for: Sturmabteilung (SA, Storm Troopers as in Nazi Germany) Salvation Army San Antonio Saudi Arabia (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) Seaman Apprentice Second Age of J. R. R. Tolkiens Middle-earth (usually written S.A.) Security Association in the IPsec networking protocol selective availability... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...   Adolf Hitler? (April 20, 1889–April 30, 1945) was the Chancellor of Germany from 1933, and Führer und Reichskanzler (Leader and Chancellor) of Germany from 1934, to his death. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was by far the bloodiest, most expensive, and most significant war in... Joachim C. Fest (born December 8, 1926 in Berlin) is a German journalist and author, best known in English-speaking countries for his biography of Adolf Hitler. ... Der Untergang (2004; international English title Downfall; released in the US as The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich) is a controversial German film dramatising the final days of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany in 1945. ...

Prior to writing his memoirs, Schenck was interviewed by O'Donnell for his account of Hitler's end, The Bunker. Schenck's encounter with Hitler came when he volunteered to work in an emergency casualty station located in the Reich Chancellory in April of 1945, near the Fuehrerbunker. Although he did not have much experience with surgery, he nonetheless helped out with a hundred or so major surgeries, without having access to proper supplies and instruments. A memoir, as a literary genre, forms a sub-class of autobiography. ... The Bunker is a book, by American journalist James ODonnell, detailing the final days of Adolf Hitler and his entourage in 1945. ... The German Reichskanzlei (Imperial Chancellery) was the traditional name of the office of the German Chancellor. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Führerbunker (Fuhrerbunker) is the name commonly given to the complex of subterranean rooms in Berlin, Germany where Adolf Hitler committed suicide. ... A typical modern surgery operation For other meanings of the word, see Surgery (disambiguation) Surgery (from the Greek cheirourgia - lit. ...

During these surgeries, Schenck was aided by Dr. Werner Haase, who also served as one of Hitler's private physicians. Although Haase had much more surgical experience than Schenck, he was dying of tuberculosis, and often had to lie down while trying in vain to give verbal advice to Schenck. Due to the combination of terrible conditions and his own inexperience, after the war, Schenck told O'Donnell was unable to track down a single German soldier he had operated on who had survived (he kept records of the operations). Tuberculous lungs show up on an X-ray image Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ...

According to O'Donnell's composite account, Schenck only saw Hitler in person twice, for only a brief time - once when Hitler wanted to thank him for his emergency medical services, and once during the "reception" after Hitler's marriage to Eva Braun. Eva Braun and Hitler Eva Anna Paula Braun (February 6, 1912 – April 30, 1945) was the longtime companion (and ultimately, wife for a night and a day) of Adolf Hitler. ...

Additionally, Schenck was actively involved in the creation of a large herbal plantation in Dachau concentration camp, which contained over 200,000 medicinal plants, from which, among other things, vitamin supplements for the Waffen SS were manufactured. During the creation of this plantation in 1938 over 100 people died, according to recollections of prisoners. In 1940 he was appointed as inspector of nutrition for the Waffen SS. In 1943 Schenck developed a protein sausage, which was meant for the SS frontline troops. This was tested before its adoption on 370 prisoners, some of whom died. This article is about Dachau town. ... A vitamin is an organic molecule whose insufficiency in the diet can result in disease. ... Waffen-SS recruitment poster: Volunteer for the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS (Armed Protective Squadron) was the combat arm of the Schutzstaffel. ...

In his memoirs Schenck, stated that his only concern was to improve nutrition and fight hunger. However a report in 1963 condemned Schenk for "treating humans like objects, guinea pigs". In the Federal Republic of Germany Schenck was not allowed to continue his medical career.

Ernst Gunther Schenck died in 1998 in Aachen. Map of Germany showing Aachen Aachen (French Aix-la-Chapelle, Dutch Aken, Latin Aquisgranum, Ripuarian Oche) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany, at 50°46′ N 6...