How the killing was done.
Testimony of Pfannmueller (Tr. p. 7331) rebuts affidavit of Jordans (3882-PS, Pros. Ex. 371). According to this, where treatment was not possible any more, putting to sleep by narcotics was effected by the physician of the institution. There was no National Socialist nursing staff to carry out the killing.
Testimony of Pfannmueller. (Tr. p. 7304.) Comment on the statement in the affidavit of Lehner according to which euthanasia was not practiced on children before the war.
Testimony of Pfannmueller. (Tr. p. 7329.) Comment on the conference of the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior in 1942. According to this, the starvation process had not been ordered but on account of the general food situation no additional food supplies were permitted which exceeded the rations of the civilian population.
Affidavit of Weese. (Karl Brandt 129, Karl Brandt Ex. 105.) Graph indicating cases of death of insane persons in the Kaufbeuren Clinic from 1910 till 1944. (Karl Brandt 123, Karl Brandt Ex. 93.) The graph shows that during the membership of Karl Brandt in the Reich Committee the number of cases of death did not really exceed those of World War I. Only after his retirement does the curve rise suddenly.
Performance of experiments by Professor McCance on children not fit to live in the Military Hospital, Wuppertal, in 1946. (Karl Brandt 93, Karl Brandt Ex. 29.)
Testimony of Brack. (Tr. p. 7716.) According to this, the consent of the parents was secured in some form or other.
Authorization. The authorization was given for each case separately on the basis of the files.
Testimony of Pfannmueller. (Tr. p. 7304.) About the types of children in question.
Affidavit of Leusser. (3864-PS, Pros. Ex. 367.) There it is pointed out that the children stood at the lowest level of idiocy.