Karl Brandt

Karl Brandt
Brandt as a defendant at the Doctors' trial
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
Nationality	German
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 ​ (m. 1934)​
Children	Karl Adolf Brandt
Motive	Nazism
Conviction(s)	War crimes Crimes against humanity Membership in a criminal organization
Trial	Doctors' trial
Criminal penalty	Death

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 in August 1934.^[1] 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 Doctor's Trial. He was convicted, sentenced to death, and hanged on 2 June 1948.^[2]