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The ''T4-Gutachter'' (in English, 'Action T4 experts') were medical experts who were employed by the ''Zentraldienststelle-T4'' to organize and carry out the Action T4 euthanasia program in
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. Based on reporting forms with information about the mentally ill and disabled, they decided who would be killed in "euthanasia" centers. An internal document from the organization shows a list of 40
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s who were among those who worked for Action T4.Heidelberger Document, Blatt 127891, cited according to the facsimile in
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"'Euthanasie' im NS-Staat", p. 228.


List of Action T4 experts

Copies of the reporting forms were dispatched to three or four of the above experts. The results were sent to the ''T4-Zentraldienststelle'' and presented to one of the three ''Obergutachter'' (top experts), who had the final word.


List of Action T4 top experts


List of experts for child euthanasia

There were also three medical experts for the "euthanasia" of children, starting a little before the Action T4 for adults:''This article incorporates information from the corresponding article in the Spanish Wikipedia''This article incorporates information from the corresponding article in the
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References


Bibliography

* Ernst Klee: ''"Euthanasie" im NS-Staat. Die "Vernichtung lebensunwerten Lebens"''; Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag, 1983; *
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(Hg.): ''Aktion T4 1939-1945. Die "Euthanasie"-Zentrale in der Tiergartenstraße 4''; Berlin: Edition Hentrich, 1989, {{DEFAULTSORT:T4-Gutachter Physicians in the Nazi Party