Karl Brandt
German Nazi SS officer and physician, executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity (1904-1948) · Germany · Doctors · Died at 44
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Something wrong?Hitler's personal physician who ran the T4 program - the Nazi euthanasia apparatus that killed tens of thousands of disabled people before the gas chambers. The attention comes from standing at the hinge where medicine became method.
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Karl Brandt SS-Arzt
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R99057, Führerhauptquartier, Adolf Hitler mit Stab
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H0422-0502-001, Berlin, Beisetzung Oberst Werner Mölders
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Adolf Hitler and staff - Berghof - New Year 1938-1939 (242-EB-28-18)
Adolf Hitler v Mariboru
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Karl Brandt SS-Arzt (3x4 cropped)In their own words 1
, Ethical obligation has to subordinate itself to the totalitarian nature of war.
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Spouse: Anni RehbornAbout this person
Born 8 January 1904, Brandt trained as a surgeon and joined the Nazi Party in 1932. By August 1934 he was Hitler's escort doctor, part of the inner circle at the Berghof. In that role Philipp Bouhler selected him to administer Aktion T4, the euthanasia program that systematically murdered disabled patients. He later became Reich Commissioner of Health and Emergency Services. Indicted in late 1946, he stood trial with 22 others in the Doctors' Trial before a U.S. military tribunal, accused of human experimentation and war crimes. Found guilty, he was sentenced to death and executed on 2 June 1948.
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Friedrich JeckelnBoth received Julleuchter of the SS
Erich KochBoth received Nazi Party Long Service Award in Bronze
Jürgen StroopBoth received Julleuchter of the SS
Max AmannBoth received Nazi Party Long Service Award in Bronze
Odilo GlobočnikBoth received Nazi Party Long Service Award in Bronze
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