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the Nazi Germany. Later, ironically, the defendants in the

Nuremberg and other war crimes trials tried to depict it as an
order and a mitigating factor in their crimes.

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In mid-1939 the final preparations for the program were
initiated. In October, questionnaires about the mentally ill, pre-
pared by advisors and the Psychiatry Committee, were sent out
to hospitals and institutions. These sought the following infor-
mation: "Name of patient, marital status, nationality, next of kin.
Is patient visited on a regular basis? If so, by whom? With whom
does financial responsibility lie? How long has patient been in
hospital? How long has patient been ill? Diagnosis, main symp-
toms. Is patient bed-ridden? Is patient under restraint? Was
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