Justiz und NS-Verbrechen
Nazi Crimes on Trial

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Case Nr.901
Crime Category: Euthanasia
Accused:
Bun., Dr.med. Heinrich 3 Years
End., Dr.med. Klaus Sentence of  23.5.1967 quashed by the BGH, afterwards unfit to stand trial
Ull., Dr.med. Aquilin Karl 3 Years
Court:
LG Frankfurt/M. 870518
LG Frankfurt/M. 670523
BGH 700807
BGH 881214
Country where the crime was committed: Germany
Crime Location: HuPA Bernburg, HuPA Brandenburg/Havel, HuPA Sonnenstein
Crime Date:
4003-4110
Victims: Mentally ill
Nationality: German
Agency: Euthanasia-Aktion Medical Staff HuPA Sonnenstein, HuPA Bernburg, HuPA Brandenburg
Subject of the proceeding: Identification of the patients who had arrived in the centers to be put to death, causing their gassing and dispatching so-called  comfort letters to misguide their relatives

Published in Justiz und NS-Verbrechen Vol. XLVII

 

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