Medical opinion was given by special advisers who cooperated with official physicians.
Affidavit of Weese. (Karl Brandt 129, Karl Brandt Ex. 105.)
The transfer of partly Jewish children has no connection with the Reich Committee.
Directive issued by the Provincial President Bernotat of 15 May 1943 concerning the collection of part Jews. (NO-893, Pros. Ex. 426.)
Consent of the parents.
Letter of the Reich Committee of 9 January 1943 to the health office at Tuttlingen. (Karl Brandt 40, Karl Brandt Ex. 84.) There the competent authority declares that a transfer of a child is not permissible in principle if the consent of the parents is not given.
Testimony of Brack. (Tr. p. 7612.) The consent of the parents was secured by the official physician or by the physician in charge, in other words, before the child was taken to the clinic.
It was up to the practicing physicians to inform the parents of the type of treatment which the child would undergo and of the prospects of success. (Brack 52, Brack Ex. 43.) The probability of death was stressed.
Testimony of Karl Brandt. (Tr. p. 2399.) According to this, the parents were treated with care while being questioned, in order that their conscience should not bother them later.
Testimony of Karl Brandt. (Tr. p. 2544.) According to this the consent of the parents was not put into writing but was given orally and then a note made of it in the files. No child was removed against the express wishes of the parents.