June 8, 1899 - Ernst-Robert Grawitz
As the senior medical authority within the SS, Grawitz wielded institutional power that shaped how medicine was weaponized inside the concentration camp system — funding and enabling experiments on inmates who had no recourse against them. His involvement in Aktion T4 placed him among those who administered the systematic killing of disabled and mentally ill individuals under the cover of medical authority. The bureaucratic positions he held gave violence a professional sanction.
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Ernst-Robert Grawitz (8 June 1899 – 24 April 1945) was a German physician and an SS functionary (Reichsarzt, "Arzt" meaning "physician") during the Nazi era. Grawitz funded Nazi programs involving experimentation on inmates in Nazi concentration camps and was part of the group in charge of the murder of mentally ill and physically disabled people in the Aktion T4 programme. In April 1945, as the Soviet Red Army advanced on Berlin, Grawitz killed himself and his family.
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