Irmfried Eberl - Later Career, Apprehension, and Suicide

Later Career, Apprehension, and Suicide

In 1944 he joined the Wehrmacht for the duration of the war. After the war, Eberl found himself a widower following his second wife's death, and continued to practise medicine in Blaubeuren until he was arrested in January 1948, and hanged himself the following month to avoid trial.

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