Heinrich Schmidt (SS doctor)

At the outbreak of World War II, Schmidt was first assigned to a Waffen-SS military hospital.

Between March 1945 and early April 1945, Schmidt served as camp physician in the Boelke Kaserne subcamp of Mittelbau-Dora in Nordhausen.

[2] Near the end of World War II, in the course of the evacuation of staff and prisoners from the Mittelbau, Schmidt wound up at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 8 or 9 April 1945.

At this time, he was serving as senior doctor in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp set up by the Allies.

[3] Schmidt was again indicted and stood trial at the District Court of Düsseldorf for war crimes committed at Majdanek concentration camp.

Heinrich Schmidt as defendant, June, 1947
Vans Maienschein, a prosecution witness, points out former camp doctor Heinrich Schmidt at the Dora Trial . 18 September 1947.