Date of Birth: | 1907-02-19 | Place of birth: | Friemersheim, Germany |
Date of Death: | 1989-04-22 | Place of death: | Bonn, Germany |
Gender: | M | Nationality (in the 1930/40s): | German |
Religion: | Protestant |
Remark: Ruff was accused of conspiracy to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity at the doctor trials for his role in the decompression experiments conducted at Dachau concentration camp, but was acquitted. Ruff was in charge of the mobile decompression chamber owened by the DVL, which was requested by the SS for the experiments. Ruff's assistant Romberg was sent with the chamber to operate it at Dachau (for which he was tried as well in Nuremberg). Both argued that Rascher, who conducted the experiments, was acting on his own when he willfully killed test subjects and without supervision by either Ruff or Romberg.
Institution | Role | From | To |
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Medizinische Universitätspoliklinik, Universitätsklinikum, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany | Medical Intern (Trainee) | 1932 | 1933 |
Medizinische Universitätspoliklinik, Universitätsklinikum, Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany | Intern | 1933 | 1933-12-31 |
Institut für Flugmedizin, Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt e.V., Berlin-Adlershof, Germany | Head | 1934-01-01 | 1945 |
Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany | Lecturer in Aviation Medicine | 1935-04-01 | ??? |
Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany | Lecturer | 1952 | 1953 |
Institut für Flugmedizin, DVLR, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany | Head | 1952 | 1975 |
Medizinische Fakultät, Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany | Assc. Professor | 1954 | 1966 |
Institution | Role | From | To |
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Deutsche Akademie für Luftfahrtforschung, Berlin, Germany | Corresponding Member | 1937-04 | 1945 |
Aerospace Medical Panel, Aeronautical Group for Aeronautical Research and Development (AGARD), NATO, | Member | 1959 | 1971 |
International Academy of Aviation Medicine, Brussels, Belgium | Lifelong Member | 1960 | 1989-04-22 |
Luftfahrtrat, Bundesverkehrsministerium, Bonn, Germany | Member | 1964 | 1978 |
Fachbeirat für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany | Member | 1970 | ??? |