Reichsleiter Bouhler and Dr. Brandt, M.D. are charged with the responsibility of enlarging the authority of certain physicians to be designated by name in such a manner that persons who according to human judgment are incurable can, upon a most careful diagnosis of their condition of sickness, be accorded a mercy death.
[Signed] A. Hitler
[Handwritten note]
Given to me by Bouhler on 27 August 1940.
[Signed] Dr. Guertner
III a 3/ 41g R s /
[170] Trial of the Major War Criminals, op. cit., page 182.
[171] Reproduced below in section VC3a.
[172] Reproduced above in section IVB.
[173] This document is a letter of 14 September 1937 from Thierack, at that time President of the People’s Court, to Lammers, Chief of the Reich Chancellery, in which Thierack suggested that Hitler address a further meeting of the members of the People’s Court in connection with their “fight against treason.” This exhibit is not reproduced herein.