Editing Action T4 (section)

{{Act of Villainy
|image = Aktion brand.jpg
|perpetrator = [[Nazi Party|Nazi Germany]]
|date = September 1939 - 8 May 1945
|location = Occupied Europe
|motive = [[Ableism]]
|crimes = [[Mass murder]]<br>[[Genocide]]<br>[[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]|name=Evil Acts}}
{{Quote|Between September 1939 and April 1945, the defendants [[Karl Brandt]], [[Kurt Blome|Blome]], [[Viktor Brack|Brack]] and [[Waldemar Hoven|Hoven]] unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly committed crimes against humanity, as defined by Article II of Control Council Law No. 10, in that they were principals in, accessories to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and enterprises involving the execution of the so called "euthanasia" program of the German Reich, in the course of which the defendants herein murdered hundreds of thousands of human beings, including German civilians, as well as civilians of other nations.|Indictment of Action T4 perpetrators at the Doctor's Trial.}}
'''Action T4''' (German: '''Aktion T4''') was the [[mass murder]] via involuntary euthanasia, from July 1939 to August 1941, of those deemed "defective" by the [[Nazi Party]], overseen by [[Philipp Bouhler]] and [[Karl Brandt]]. It is unknown how many were killed during Action T4, but it is known to be over 70, 273. Several reasons have been suggested, chiefly [[eugenics]] and racial hygiene.