Ganzer affidavit. (3827-PS, Pros. Ex. 369.) According to this, the evacuations became frequent on account of wartime conditions and it was not easily apparent to the outsider why they were effected. The evacuation from Warstein to Hadamar, where reference is made to an order by Karl Brandt, could not have taken place on account of euthanasia, as Hadamar at this time had discontinued euthanasia. The change was made for reasons of air raid precaution.
Carrying out of the evacuation.
Statement of Karl Brandt. The evacuation was carried out by the Cooperative Ambulance Company through Office T 4, which was not subordinate to Karl Brandt. The Cooperative Ambulance Company was not employed for euthanasia transports alone. Whenever it was used, the account was rendered through the clearing office which settled the matter centrally.
Affidavit by Schieber on procurement of lacking ambulance space through the defendant Karl Brandt. (Karl Brandt 22, Karl Brandt Ex. 18.)
Affidavit by Miesen. (Karl Brandt 28.[[105]])
Statement of Mennecke on the assignment of the Cooperative Ambulance Company, 1941-42, in the East.
Deportation of Jews. Here a separation of the Jews according to nationality is carried out. Poles and Jews from Bohemia and Moravia shall not be transferred because they do not belong to the area of the transport. This shows that the aim of the deportation was not euthanasia, because separation according to nationality would have been senseless. (NO-1310, Pros. Ex. 337.)
Affidavit by Schnidtmann. He expresses his opinion on the transfer of workers from the East on 18 September 1944; they are to be returned to their home institutions. This would have been superfluous in the case of intended euthanasia. (NO-720, Pros. Ex. 366.)
Affidavit by Rosenau. (Karl Brandt 130, Karl Brandt Ex. 106.)
Reasons for euthanasia. Euthanasia was brought about on the basis of an authorization given to the directors of the euthanasia institutions on 1 September 1939. This authorization was no order to carry out euthanasia but merely gave permission to arrange for euthanasia after examination based on a critical judgment of the condition of the illness. Consequently, doctors acted on their own responsibility.