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Aktion T4

Aktion T4 (German, .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced [akˈtsi̯oːn teː fiːɐ]) was an involuntary euthanasia program which targeted people with disabilities and the mentally ill in…

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Location
Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe
Also known as
T4 Programme
Date
September 1939 – 1945
Incident type
Forced euthanasia
Participants
Psychiatric hospitals, T4-Gutachter
Perpetrators
SS

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Killing of children

Killing of adults

Gassing

Number of euthanasia victims

Technology and personnel transfer to death camps

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Post-war

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Aktion T4

Nodes246
Edges245
Triples115
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00813
Components1

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Aktion T4

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related to Other perpetrators · 95
Aktion T4 → Albert Widmann, Allied, Am Spiegelgrund, April, August Becker, Battle, Belzec, Berlin, Brandenburg Euthanasia Centre, Brazil, Bremen, Children Am Spielgrund, Christian Wirth, Crinis, Cropp, December, Dietrich Allers, Division IV, East German, Erdmannsdorff
see also · 9
Aktion T4 → AbleismMemorandum Authorizing Involuntary EuthanasiaNazi, Aktion, Aryan, Gutachter, Holocaust, Killing, Nazi, Nazis, Reinhard
Also known as · 1
Aktion T4 → T4 Programme
Date · 1
Aktion T4 → September 1939 – 1945
Incident type · 1
Aktion T4 → Forced euthanasia
Location · 1
Aktion T4 → Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe
Participants · 1
Aktion T4 → Psychiatric hospitals, T4-Gutachter
Perpetrators · 1
Aktion T4 → SS
Victims · 1
Aktion T4 → 275,000–300,000[a]

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euthanasia t4 programme killed people germany killing nazi german 000 1939 patients reich 1941 death hitler children medical war 1945

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Aktion T4Also known asT4 Programme1.00infobox
Aktion T4DateSeptember 1939 – 19451.00infobox
Aktion T4Incident typeForced euthanasia1.00infobox
Aktion T4LocationNazi Germany and German-occupied Europe1.00infobox
Aktion T4ParticipantsPsychiatric hospitals, T4-Gutachter1.00infobox
Aktion T4PerpetratorsSS1.00infobox
Aktion T4Victims275,000–300,000[a]1.00infobox
Hans Hefelmanninstance ofBrandt and Bouhler assigned the management of the child euthanasia programme to Chancellery official Viktor Brack and his subordinates0.80text
Richard von Hegener.From August 1939 the Interior Ministry registered children with disabilitiesinstance ofBrandt and Bouhler assigned the management of the child euthanasia programme to Chancellery official Viktor Brack and his subordinates0.80text
requiring doctorsinstance ofBrandt and Bouhler assigned the management of the child euthanasia programme to Chancellery official Viktor Brack and his subordinates0.80text
midwives to report all cases of newborns with severe disabilitiesinstance ofBrandt and Bouhler assigned the management of the child euthanasia programme to Chancellery official Viktor Brack and his subordinates0.80text
Aktion T4related to Other perpetratorsDietrich Allers0.60section

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