Nazi Euthanasia Death Book

We would like to present a small part of the archives called "Heidelberg Documents". The list presented below is called: Liste der Deutschen Anstalten für Geisteskranke und Schwachsinnige per 31.8.1941 [List of German institutions for the mentally ill and mentally retarded by 31/08/1941] and has been prepared on August 31, 1941. This is very interesting date. It means that the list was wrote after Hitler ordered on August 24, 1941 the cancellation of the T4 program.

The list was constructed as follows:

Name of region/county/city (underlined)

Then from left to right: Number of the Institution/ Name of the Institution/Place/Support/Number of Beds/Number of Questionnaires

This list is in some sense the list of death. We know form the list that total number of questionnaired patients was over 200.000. How many were killed?  Apprroximate number of victims ranges between 70.000 and 100.000.

Title: Records Relating to Medical Experiments, compiled 01/1947 - 12/1947, documenting the period 01/1933 - 12/1947
Other Title: Heidelberg Documents
General Note: The documents were stored in Heidelberg, West Germany, before they were retired to U.S. Army records facilities in Washington, and became known as the "Heidelberg Documents."
Scope & Content: This series contains documents relating to medical experiments and to other mistreatment of concentration camp inmates.  Many of the documents are in German; some have English translations. Included in this series are German psychiatric reports, formerly in the possession of Dr. Paul Nitsche and confiscated by the U.S. Army in Austria in 1945, which may have been used in the Hadamar war crimes trial; German documents concerning euthanasia and medical experiments on humans; and affidavits and correspondence concerning investigations of war crimes relating to medical experiments.
Type of Archival Material: Textual Records
Language: German
Acces Restriction: Unrestricted
Use Restriction: Unrestricted
Boxes: 1-5; presented material came from Box No 1
Copyright by NARA, Washington; MLR Number A-1 2217
Collection credit: Tiergartenstrasse 4 Association