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Aktion T4: the state killing of psychiatric patients

The limit case of psychiatry as state instrument; not silencing of speakers

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Worldwide register by region (Batch 2) · Batch 2

Country / period
Germany, 1939–41
Mechanism
State killing of psychiatric patients (\~70,000)
What is documented
The limit case of psychiatry as state instrument; not silencing of speakers
Finding or status
Nuremberg Doctors' Trial; German federal acknowledgment
Contrary evidence / limits
Outside the mission's core question but anchors the spectrum
Label
SUPPORTED
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1939-DE-T4

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