Turning the tap on was no big deal - the gassing doctors during the Nazi period and afterwards

This article briefly describes the historical background to the euthenasia of mentally ill and handicapped people in Germany and subsequent use of gassing at the death camps. The various doctors involved and what happened to them after the war is also outlined. There is also a brief description of medical ethics and the attitude of the president of the Federal Chamber of Doctors in 1987 to the issue of these doctors being allowed to practice medicine.