Karl Brandt
Physician
1904 – 1948
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Who was Karl Brandt?
Karl Brandt was a German Nazi war criminal. He rose to the rank of SS-Gruppenführer in the Allgemeine-SS and SS-Brigadeführer in the Waffen-SS. Among other positions, Brandt headed the administration of the Nazi euthanasia program from 1939 onwards and was selected as Adolf Hitler's personal physician in August 1934. In 1942, he became Reich Commissioner for Health and Sanitation. He was involved in criminal human experimentation, along with his deputy Werner Heyde and others. After World War II, Brandt was convicted of crimes against humanity. He was hanged on June 2, 1948.
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- Born
- Jan 8, 1904
Mulhouse - Also known as
- Dr. Karl Brandt
- Spouses
- Anni Rehborn
(1934/03/17 - )
- Anni Rehborn
- Children
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- Mulhouse
- Died
- Jun 2, 1948
Landsberg Prison
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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