Early life and education After first studying music, Bannwarth studied medicine at the
University of Munich in
Munich, Germany, and later became an assistant to German neurologist
Max Nonne at
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in
Hamburg.
Military service Bannwarth enlisted as a military doctor in the German military in 1945. During his service, he was stationed in the valley of
Lake Tegern, where he was captured by American soldiers and held prisoner until June 1946. ==References==