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Aktion T4 Suspension

The suspension of Aktion T4, a state-directed euthanasia program, in 1941 due to ecclesiastical denunciations and growing public alarm.

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How did German churches and public protests influence the official suspension of Aktion T4 in 1941?

The public suspension of Aktion T4 on 24 August 1941 followed a wave of ecclesiastical denunciations and growing public alarm—most famously the sermons of Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen—which ma...

Feb 1, 2026

How did the Nazi T4 'euthanasia' program expand and how do researchers estimate its death toll?

began in 1939 as a state‑sponsored “euthanasia” policy targeting people judged “life unworthy of life” and was rapidly expanded through bureaucratic centralization, medical legitimization, and covert ...