Gerhard Kretschmar
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Gerhard Herbert Kretschmar was a German child born with severe disabilities. After receiving a petition from the child's parents, the German Führer Adolf Hitler authorized one of his personal physicia
Hitler's written authorization of the T4 program.
Phenol
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Phenol is an aromatic organic compound with the molecular formula C6H5OH. It is a white crystalline solid that is volatile and can catch fire.
Gerhard Kretschmar
…instructions, they agreed that Gerhard Kretschmar should be euthanized. Kretschmar was killed in a hospital on 25 July 1939, possibly by lethal injection of phenol or other drugs. The Pomssen church register says that Gerhard Kretschmar died at Pomssen of "heart weakness" on 25 July. He was buried in the Lutheran…
Phenol 2 grams
Amine to phenol
Bottle of Calvert's phenol antiseptic, Thackray Museum of Medicine