T4-Gutachter


The T4-Gutachter were medical experts who were employed by the Zentraldienststelle-T4 to organize and carry out the Action T4 "euthanasia" program in Nazi Germany. Based on reporting forms with information about the mentally ill and disabled, they decided who would be the victims killed by gas in "euthanasia" centers. An internal document from the organization T4 shows a list of 40 physicians who were among those who worked for Action T4.

List of Action T4 experts

Copies of the reporting forms were dispatched to three or four of the above experts. The results were sent to the T4-Zentraldienststelle and presented to one of the three Obergutachter, who had the final word.

List of Action T4 top experts

List of experts for child euthanasia

There were also three medical experts for the "euthanasia" of children, starting a little before the Action T4 for adults:
PersonLifespanPeriod as expert
Werner Catel27 June 1894 – 30 April 1961From autumn 1939
Hans Heinze18 October 18952 February 1983From autumn 1939
Ernst Wentzler 3 September 1891 – 9 August 1973From autumn 1939