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eugenics Francis Galton “Law for the Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases,” 1933 sterilization “euthanasia” (or “mercy killing,” from German Gnadentod ) Knauer infant Philipp Bouhler Viktor Brack T4 (Tiergartenstrasse 4). ADOLF HITLER Berlin, 1 September 1939
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eugenics Francis Galton “Law for the Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases,” 1933 sterilization “euthanasia” (or “mercy killing,” from German Gnadentod) Knauer infant Philipp Bouhler Viktor Brack T4 (Tiergartenstrasse 4)
ADOLF HITLER Berlin, 1 September 1939 Reichsleiter Bouhler andDr. med. Brandt are instructed to broaden the powers of physicians designated by name, who will decide whether those who have - as far as can be humanly determined - incurable illnesses can, after the most careful evaluation, be granted a mercy death. /signed/ Adolf Hitler