Philipp Bouhler

Philipp Bouhler
Bouhler as an SS-Obergruppenführer in 1936
Reichsleiter
In office 2 June 1933 – 8 May 1945
Chief of the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP
In office 17 November 1934 – 8 May 1945
Chief of NSDAP Censorship in the Reichsleitung
In office October 1936 – 8 May 1945
Chief of Action T4
In office 1939–1941
Nazi Party National Business Manager
In office 27 March 1925 – 17 November 1934
Personal details
Born	(1899-09-11)11 September 1899 Munich, Bavaria, German Empire
Died	19 May 1945(1945-05-19) (aged 45) Altaussee, Styria, Allied-occupied Austria
Cause of death	Suicide
Political party	Nazi Party (NSDAP)
Other political affiliations	Greater German People's Community
Spouse	Helene Majer ​ ​ (m. 1934; died 1945)​
Education	Philosophy
Military service
Allegiance	German Empire
Branch/service	Imperial German Army
Years of service	1912–1917
Rank	Leutnant
Unit	1st Royal Bavarian Foot Artillery Regiment
Battles/wars	World War I Battle of Arras (1917)
Awards	Iron Cross, 2nd class

Philipp Bouhler (11 September 1899 – 19 May 1945) was a German senior Nazi Party functionary who was both a Reichsleiter (National Leader) and Chief of the Chancellery of the Führer of the NSDAP. He was also the SS official responsible for the Aktion T4 euthanasia program that killed more than 250,000 disabled adults and children in Nazi Germany, as well as co-initiator of Aktion 14f13, also called Sonderbehandlung ('special treatment'), that killed 15,000–20,000 concentration camp prisoners.

Bouhler was arrested on 10 May 1945 by American troops. He committed suicide on 19 May 1945 while in the U.S. internment camp at Zell am See in Austria.^[1]