Karl Brandt was born on January 8, 1904 in Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany [now Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France]. He was married to Anni Rehborn. He died on June 2, 1948 in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, Germany.
Major-general in the Waffen-SS and Reich Commissioner for Health and Sanitation.
Responsible for the Law for the Protection of Hereditary Health that was used to introduce compulsory sterilization.
Brandt and Philip Bouhler (b. Munich 11th September 1899 - death by suicide 19th May 1945) were put in charge of the T4 euthanasia programme that Hitler said would result in the "racial integrity of the German people.".
Found guilty for treason by Hitler for sending his wife and children to the allied forces to surrender.