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Affidavit concerning Karl Brandt's medical career, the euthanasia program, and his administrative responsibilities
Authors
Karl Franz F. Brandt (Dr., Commissioner for Health, Gruppenfuehrer Waffen-SS)
Karl Franz F. Brandt
German Nazi SS officer and physician, executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity (1904-1948)
- Born: 1904-01-08 (Mulhouse)
- Died: 1948-06-02 (Landsberg Prison)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: physician; politician; surgeon
- Member of political party: Nazi Party (since: 1932-01-01)
- Member of: Schutzstaffel (since: 1934-07-29); Sturmabteilung (since: 1933-01-01)
- Participant in: Aktion T4; Nazi executions of ill people; Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: defendant)
- Significant person: Adolf Hitler (date: 1942-01-01; role: personal physician; since: 1934-01-01); Herbert H. Meyer (role: defendant, interrogator); Paul Rostock (role: superior; since: 1944-02-01); Robert Servatius (role: criminal defense lawyer, defendant)
Date: 25 October 1946
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Evidence Code: NO-475
Citation: NMT 1 (page 89)
HLSL Item No.: 1783
Notes:This Staff Evidence Analysis was prepared by M. J. Houtz on 31 Oct 1946.
Document Summary
Staff Evidence Analyses
NO-475: Affidavit by Karl Brandt re: personal history and career