Karl Brandt: The Nazi Doctor: Medicine and Power in the Third Reich

by Ulf Schmidt

Book Overview

Some sixty years after the Nuremberg trials, interest in the leading figures of the Third Reich continues unabated. Here, Ulf Schmidt recounts the meteoric rise of one of Hitler's most trusted advisers, Karl Brandt.

As Reich Commissioner for Health and Sanitation, Karl Brandt became the highest medical authority in
the Nazi regime. He was entrusted with the killing of handicapped children and adults - the so-called 'Euthanasia' Program...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847250319
• ISBN13: 9781847250315
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.2"