a. Introduction
The defendants Karl Brandt, Blome, Brack, and Hoven were charged with
participation in and responsibility for the execution of the so-called
“Euthanasia Program” in the course of which hundreds of thousands of
human beings, including nationals of German occupied countries, were
murdered (pars. 9 and 14 of the indictment). On this charge the
defendants Karl Brandt, Brack, and Hoven were convicted, and the
defendant Blome was acquitted.
The prosecution’s summation of the evidence on euthanasia is contained
in its closing briefs against the defendants Karl Brandt and Brack.
Extracts from these briefs are set forth below on pages 795 to 813. A
corresponding summation of the evidence by the defense on this program
has been selected from the closing brief for the defendant Karl Brandt
and from the final plea for the defendant Brack. It appears below on
pages 813 to 839. This argumentation is followed by selections from the
evidence on pages 842 to 896.
b. Selections from the Argumentation of the Prosecution
_EXTRACTS FROM THE CLOSING BRIEF AGAINST THE
DEFENDANT KARL BRANDT_
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_The Euthanasia Program_