Hermann Paul Nitsche (born November 25, 1876 in Colditz, died March 25, 1948 in Dresden) was a German psychiatrist known for his expert endorsement of the Third Reich's euthanasia authorization and who later headed the T-4 Euthanasia Program. November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Colditz is a city in Saxony, Germany, located at the banks of the river Mulde. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... From left to right: Brühls Terrace; the Hofkirche and the castle; the Semper Opera House. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... A euthanasia machine. ... This poster reads: 60,000 Reichsmark is what this person suffering from hereditary defects costs the community during his lifetime. ...

He was deputy director of the Sonnenstein Clinic from 1913 to 1918 and director of the institution 1928 to 1939. In 1940 he became deputy director of the department T4 under Werner Heyde, and his successor as director from the end of 1941. Sonnenstein Clinic was a mental hospital located in Pirna, near Dresden, which operated from 1811 to the end of World War II in 1945. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... This poster reads: 60,000 Reichsmark is what this person suffering from hereditary defects costs the community during his lifetime. ... Werner Heyde (aka Fritz Sawade) (born April 25, 1902 in Forst, died February 13, 1964 in Frankfurt) was a German psychiatrist. ...

He was sentenced to death in the medical war crimes trial in Dresden for Crimes against humanity and executed by guillotine in 1948. A crime against humanity is a term in international law that refers to acts of murderous persecution against a body of people, as being the criminal offence above all others. ...