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Karl Brandt
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German Nazi SS officer and physician, executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity (1904–1948)
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Karl Brandt was a German surgeon, politician, physician, and professor. He was a member of the Nazi Party, the Sturmabteilung, and the Schutzstaffel, holding the rank of SS-Gruppenführer. His employers included Adolf Hitler and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He was educated at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and participated in World War II.
Brandt was a participant in Aktion T4 and the Nuremberg Medical Trial. He was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity. He authored twenty works, including *Frühgeschichtliche Bodenforschungen im mittleren Ruhrgebiet* and *Entwicklung des zahnärztlichen Unterrichts in Deutschland*. He was married to Anni Rehborn.
Born in Mulhouse in 1904, Brandt died in Landsberg Prison on June 2, 1948. His death resulted from capital punishment by hanging.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Frühgeschichtliche Bodenforschungen im mittleren Ruhrgebiet
- Entwicklung des zahnärztlichen Unterrichts in Deutschland
- Untersuchungen über Entwicklung, Wesen und Formen der landwirtschaftlichen Pacht
- Das kapillarmikroskopische Bild am Nagelfalz der Zehen bei Obliterieren - der Arteriosklerose vor und nach lumbaler Sympathektomie und Naftidrofuryl-Infusion
- Die Bedeutung des Wanderungskoeffizienten für die Fortschreibung der Bevolkerung
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1904-01-08 ) 8 January 1904, Mülhausen , Alsace–Lorraine , German Empire
- Died
- 2 June 1948 (1948-06-02) (aged 44), Landsberg Prison , Landsberg am Lech , Allied-occupied Germany
- Cause of death
- Execution by hanging
- Occupation
- Personal physician of German dictator Adolf Hitler
- Employer
- Adolf Hitler
- Known for
- Reich Commissioner for Health and Emergency Services
- Title
- SS- Gruppenführer in the Allgemeine SS /, SS- Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Criminal status
- Executed
- Spouse
- Anni Rehborn ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 17 March 1934</span>"}]]}'>1934 )
- Children
- Karl Adolf Brandt
- Motive
- Nazism
- Convictions
- War crimes , Crimes against humanity , Membership in a criminal organization
- Trial
- Doctors' Trial
- Criminal penalty
- Death
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karl
- Family name
- Brandt
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Mulhouse
- Place of death
- Landsberg Prison
- Spouse
- Anni Rehborn
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Employer
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- war crime
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Waffen-SS
- Military rank
- SS-Gruppenführer
- Image
- Karl Brandt SS-Arzt.jpg
- Convicted of
- crime against humanity
- Significant event
- arrest
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- Commons category
- Karl Brandt
- date of birth
- 1904-01-08
- date of death
- 1948-06-02
- member of
- Schutzstaffel
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- allegiance
- Nazi Germany
- last words
- J'ai toujours combattu en conscience, pour mes convictions, avec droiture, franchise, et à visière ouverte. Je suis prêt.
- different from
- Karl Brandt
- place of detention
- Camp King
- birth name
- Karl Friedrich Brandt
- name in native language
- Karl Brandt
- P8168
- Scott Krinsky
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Encyclopedic overview
Karl Brandt (8 January 1904 – 2 June 1948) was a German physician and Schutzstaffel (SS) officer in Nazi Germany. Trained in surgery, Brandt joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and became Adolf Hitler's "escort doctor" (Begleitarzt) in August 1934. A member of Hitler's inner circle at the Berghof, he was selected by Philipp Bouhler, the head of Hitler's Chancellery, to administer the Aktion T4 euthanasia program. Brandt was later appointed the Reich Commissioner of Health and Emergency Services (Bevollmächtigter für das Sanitäts- und Gesundheitswesen). Accused of involvement in human experimentation and other war crimes, Brandt was indicted in late 1946 and faced trial before a U.S. military tribunal along with 22 others in the Doctors' Trial. He was found guilty, sentenced to death, and executed on 2 June 1948.
Early life
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