War crimes trial papers: Euthanasia case

Identifier
WL534
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 70509
Dates
1 Jan 1947 - 31 Jan 1947
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Dr Walter Eugen Schmidt and Helen Schürg were originally found guilty of multiple murder and accessories to multiple murder respectively at the Eichberg nursing home, Hessen, between 1941 and 1945, along with several other defendants at a trial at the LG Frankfurt am Main, 21 Dec 1946-, No. 4 Kls 15/46. The appeal court upheld the verdicts and in the case of Schmidt raised the sentence from life imprisonment to death.

Scope and Content

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This microfilm copy trial document shows the verdict, sentence and trial judgement in a 'Euthanasia Case' appeal against Dr Walter Eugen Schmidt and Helen Schürg, OLG Frankfurt am Main 12.8.1947 Ss 92/47.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Use R:\Document collections\MF54\Working Images\11\Wiener Docs frames 538-572

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Microfilm

Related Units of Description

  • The whole document along with the verdict and trial judgement in the original case is reproduced in the series Justiz und Verbrechen, University of Amsteram, Volume I, 1968

People

  • Schürg, Helen
  • Schmidt, Eugen

Subjects

  • War crimes
  • Euthanasia
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