Paul Nitsche

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 (German: ''Volksschule'') in Pirna 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. Provided by Wikipedia