Letter to Dr. Guertner concerning information on the deaths of nursing home inmates [euthanasia]

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Hans H. Lammers (Dr., Chief of Reich Chancellery)

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Hans H. Lammers

German jurist, Nazi politician, and Head of the Reich Chancellery (1879-1962)

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  • Born: 1879-05-27 (Lubliniec)
  • Died: 1962-01-04 (Düsseldorf)
  • Country of citizenship: Germany
  • Occupation: judge; jurist; lawyer; politician
  • Member of political party: German National People's Party (until: 1932-01-01); Nazi Party
  • Member of: Schutzstaffel
  • Participant in: Ministries Trial (role: defendant); Nuremberg Medical Trial (role: affiant, witness)
  • Significant person: Adolf Hitler (role: superior); Karl Brandt (role: colleague)

Date: 02 October 1940

Literal Title: Letter from Dr. Lammers to the Minister of Justice on the Deaths of Nursing Home Inmates

Total Pages: 1

Language of Text: Multilanguage

Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)

Evidence Code: PS-621

Citation: NMT 1 (page 1681)

HLSL Item No.: 586

Notes:The text is given in both English (first) and German (second).

Trial Issue

Euthanasia program (Action 14 f 13) (IMT, NMT 1, 3, 4)

Document Summary

Staff Evidence Analyses

PS-621: Letter from Lammers to Guertner on Material on Killing of the Insane

Red Series Doc Descriptions

PS-621: Secret letter from Lammers to the Reich Minister of justice Gurtner, 2 October 1940, acknowledging the receipt of material on the deaths of inmates of insane asylums

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PS-621: Letter LAMMERS-GUERTNER 2.10.40.

Letter from Lammers to Guertner 17 re killing of insane.

The Reichsminister and Chief of the Reich Chancellery
Berlin, W.8, 2 October 1940 Voss Street 6
SECRET REICH MATTER .
Rk. 665 B gRs , .
To the Reichsminister of Justice, Dr. Guertner
Dear Dr. Guertner:
I herewith acknowledge your letters of 28 August and 25 September forwarding to me further material about the death of inmates of nursing homes. I forwarded the enclosed reports of the Chief Prosecutors to Stuttgart and Naumburg to the Reichsminister of the- Interior—Reichs Health Leader—for further action.
Heil Hitler!
Sincerely yours
' [signed] Dr. Lammers