Letter from Chief Surgeon of U.S. Army Paul Hawley to Dr. K.H. Bauer, University of Heidelberg

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Object ID

2015.2.11

Object Name

Letter

Date

5-1-1945

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Description

Typewritten letter on white paper to Surgeon Dr. K.H. Bauer regarding the latter's earlier pleas to retain hospital beds following the war at the University of Heidelberg. Doctors at the University of Heidelberg performed T-4 euthanasia practices during the Holocaust.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Copy of angry letter to surgeon Dr. K.H. Bauer of University of Heidelberg where T-4 euthanasia practices had occurred, calling out his hypocrisy. Bauer would later become a leading oncologist.

Dimensions

10 1/2 x 8"

Keywords

University of Heidelberg, T-4 euthanasia, Chief Surgeon of U.S. Army, K.H. Bauer, Paul Hawley

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Post

Recommended Citation

"Letter from Chief Surgeon of U.S. Army Paul Hawley to Dr. K.H. Bauer, University of Heidelberg" (1945). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.11.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/135