Paul Nitsche
Paul Nitsche | |
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| Born | Hermann Paul Nitsche November 25, 1876 Pfuhlsborn, German Empire |
| Died | March 25, 1948 (aged 71) Münchner Platz Prison, Dresden, Allied-occupied Germany |
| Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
| Political party | Nazi Party |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction | Crimes against humanity |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | Tens of thousands |
Span of crimes | 1940–1945 |
| Targets | Mentally ill and intellectually disabled people |
Hermann Paul Nitsche (November 25, 1876 – March 25, 1948) was a German psychiatrist known for his expert endorsement of the Third Reich's euthanasia authorization and who later headed the Medical Office of the T-4 Euthanasia Program.
Nitsche was born in 1876 in Colditz, Saxony. His father, Hermann Nitsche, was a psychiatrist. He attended elementary school in Pirna (German: Volksschule) from 1882 to 1887. Nitsche was condemned to death for crimes against humanity for killing over one thousand people, and guillotined in March 1948 in Dresden.