1947-07-19, #2: Doctors' Trial (Karl Brandt's personal statement)
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THE PRESIDENT: Karl Brandt. DEFENDANT KARL BRANDT: There is a word which seems so simple, and that is the word order, and yet how atrocious are its implications, how immeasurable are the conflicts which hide behind the word. Both affected, me, to obey and to give orders, and both are responsibility. I am a doctor and before my conscience there is this responsibility as the responsibility towards men and towards life. Quite soberly, the prosecution charged crimes and murder and they raised the question of my guilt. It would be without significance if friends and patients were to shield me and to speak well of me, saying I had helped and I had healed. There would be many examples for my actions during danger and my readiness to help.
1947-07-19, #2: Doctors' Trial (Karl Brandt's personal statement)
1947-07-19, #2: Doctors' Trial (Karl Brandt's…
1947-07-19, #2: Doctors' Trial (Karl Brandt's personal statement)
THE PRESIDENT: Karl Brandt. DEFENDANT KARL BRANDT: There is a word which seems so simple, and that is the word order, and yet how atrocious are its implications, how immeasurable are the conflicts which hide behind the word. Both affected, me, to obey and to give orders, and both are responsibility. I am a doctor and before my conscience there is this responsibility as the responsibility towards men and towards life. Quite soberly, the prosecution charged crimes and murder and they raised the question of my guilt. It would be without significance if friends and patients were to shield me and to speak well of me, saying I had helped and I had healed. There would be many examples for my actions during danger and my readiness to help.