Friedrich Panse

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Friedrich Panse
Born(1899-12-31)31 December 1899
Died6 December 1973(1973-12-06) (aged 73)
NationalityGerman
OccupationPsychiatrist
Known forInvolvement with Nazi Germany's Aktion T4 euthanasia program

Friedrich Panse (31 December 1899 in

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After the war, in 1948, Dr. Panse was tried, but he was acquitted. His defense that was that if he had not participated, even more patients would have died. He was then made Director of the psychiatric clinic of the Medical Academy of the Rhine Hospital in Düsseldorf. In 1965 he was elected president of the German Society for Psychiatry and Neurology.[1]

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References

  1. ^ "Panse, Friedrich Albert". Biographical Archive of Psychiatry. Retrieved 10 August 2023.