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"7. Between June 1943 and September 1944 the
defendants Rudolf Brandt and Sievers * * * were principals in, accessories to,
ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and
enterprises involving the murder of civilians and members of the armed forces
of nations then at war with the German Reich and who were in the custody of the
German Reich in exercise of belligerent control. One hundred twelve Jews were
selected for the purpose of completing a skeleton collection for the Reich
University of Strasbourg. Their photographs and anthropological measurements
were taken. Then they were killed. Thereafter, comparison tests, anatomical
research, studies regarding race, pathological features of the body, form and
size of the brain, and other tests were made. The bodies were sent to
Strasbourg and defleshed.
"8. Between May 1942 and January 1944 * the defendants Blome and Rudolf
Brandt * * * were principals in, accessories to, ordered, abetted, took a
consenting part in, and were connected with plans and enterprises involving the
murder and mistreatment of tens of thousands of Polish nationals who were
civilians and members of the armed forces of a nation then at war with the
German Reich and who were in the custody of the German Reich in exercise of
belligerent control. These people were alleged to be infected with incurable
tuberculosis. On the ground of insuring the health and welfare of Germans in
Poland, many tubercular Poles were ruthlessly exterminated while others were
isolated in death camps with inadequate medical facilities.
"9. Between September 1939 and April 1945 the defendants Karl Brandt,
Blome, Brack, and Hoven * * * were principals in, accessories to, ordered,
abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and
enterprises involving the execution of the so-called 'euthanasia' program of
the German Reich in the course of which the defendants herein murdered hundreds
of thousands of human beings, including nationals of German-occupied countries.
This program involved the systematic and secret execution of the aged, insane,
incurably ill, of deformed children, and other persons, by gas, lethal
injections, and divers other means in nursing homes, hospitals, and asylums.
Such persons were regarded as 'useless eaters' and a burden to the German war
machine. The relatives of these victims were informed that they died from
natural causes, such as heart failure. German doctors involved in the
'euthanasia'
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* Indictment originally read "January 1943" but was
amended by a motion filed with the Secretary General. See Arraignment, vol. I,
p. 22.
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