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.
Phenol 2 grams
Amine to phenol
Bottle of Calvert's phenol antiseptic, Thackray Museum of Medicine
Aktion T4
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Aktion T4 was an involuntary euthanasia program which targeted people with disabilities and the mentally ill in Nazi Germany. The terms "T4" or "Aktion T4" were first used in post-war trials against d
Phenol
…execution by Nazi Germany during the Second World War. It was originally used by the Nazis in 1939 as part of the mass-murder of disabled people under Aktion T4. The Germans learned that extermination of smaller groups was more economical by injection of each victim with phenol. Phenol injections were given to…
Hitler's 1939 order authorising Philipp Bouhler and Karl Brandt to allow doctors to grant "mercy death" to "incurable" patients
NSDAP Reichsleiter Philipp Bouhler, head of the T4 programme
Karl Brandt, Hitler's personal doctor and organiser of Aktion T4
Schönbrunn Psychiatric Hospital, 1934. Photo by SS photographer Friedrich Franz Bauer