title: [Chairman of the German Society for Child Psychiatry and Educational Therapeutics in World War II].
abstract: Hans Heinze was one of the three experts on child euthanasia in the "Reichsausschuss zur wissenschaftlichen Erfassung erb- und anlagebedingter schwerer Leiden" and head of the first "Kinderfachabteilung" in Brandenburg-Görden, Germany. He was one of the experts in the euthanasia "Aktion T4". He became nominated president of the "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderpsychiatrie und Heilpädagogik" after Paul Schröder who died in 1941. The documents about his function exist in five German archives.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Psychiatrische Klinik mit Poliklinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6 und 10, 91054 Erlangen.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nedoschill
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castell
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005065:Euthanasia / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005858:Germany; D006078:Government Programs / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000266:history; D011056:Political Systems / Q000266:history