Press Agency Photo of SS Dr. Leonardo Conti Designer of the Nazi T4 Euthanasia Programme During a visit to a hospital with convalescent soldiers doing some workshops. Letter deals with some doctors and mental institutions. Leonardo Conti (24 August 1900 – 6 October 1945) was the Reich Health Leader and an SS-Obergruppenführer in Nazi Germany. He was involved in the planning and execution of Action T4 that murdered hundreds of thousands of adults and children with severe mental and physical handicaps. On 19 May 1945, after Germany's surrender, Conti was imprisoned and in October hanged himself to avoid Nuremberg Doctor's Trials.
Size: 24,5x18cm