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Ernst-Robert Grawitz
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Ernst-Robert Grawitz

German Nazi physician and SS-Obergruppenführer (1899–1945)

Ernst-Robert Grawitz (8 June 1899 – 24 April 1945) was a German physician and an SS functionary (Reichsarzt, "Arzt" meaning "physician") during the Nazi era. Grawitz funded Nazi programs involving experimentation on inmates in Nazi concentration camps and was part of the group in charge of the murder of mentally ill and physically disabled people in the Aktion T4 programme.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Ernst-Robert Grawitz (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jun 8, 1899, died Apr 24, 1945.1

About

In April 1945, as the Soviet Red Army advanced on Berlin, Grawitz killed himself and his family using hand grenades.

From Wikipedia’s article on Ernst-Robert Grawitz, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Early life and education

  • Date not recordedHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin3

Career

Occupation: executive, concentration camp guard, torturer, physician, military physician, internist.8

Personal life

  • BornJun 8, 1899, Charlottenburg9
  • DiedApr 24, 1945, Babelsberg10
  • CitizenshipGermany11

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