From a careful review of history, The Third Reich has always been of great significance due to its effect on European countries. Notably, studies have been done to examine how the genocide occurred and the impacts it has on society today. Needless to say, the genocide was a medical-oriented mass murder. 1 From an analytical perspective, one can argue that The Third Reich would not be of much significance if there were no medicine and doctors present at that time. Evidences have revealed that health practitioners played an immense role in the euthanasia program. 2 Notably, they did not just execute this heinous act to other races but also to their own people as well. It is within this framework that this essay aims to identify the role of professional class (doctors) in the Third Reich. A comprehensive study of the role played by medical professionals in the Third Reich has proved to be a sensitive and delicate task. There were myriads of major atrocities which were committed. It is definite that most of the evidences have been exaggerated or even totally dismantled. ‘Social Darwinism’ dominated the continental Europe towards the close of the 19 th century. 3 This theory assumed that human beings are like animals and they fight for their survival. Since human beings are rational and social beings, it happened that they did not compete as individuals. Nations were the basic units of existence. 4 It is only the fittest nation which was expected to survive. The Germans were determined to propagate the principles of Social Darwinism at every available opportunity. For instance, Alfred ploetz came up with the aspect of race hygiene while Ernst Haeckel considered the killing of weak folks. Due to the influence of Hitler, Fritz Lenz came up with the concept of inequality of persons with different racial backgrounds. 5 Medical professionals continued with the same trend of racism. Hoche and Binding decided to summarize the civil missions by introducing in more specialized criteria of advancing their ideologies. They proposed that the extinction of less influential members of the society would aid the expansion of Third Reich. The medical professionals were very dominant in the racial cleaning process. When they embraced social Darwinism and anti-Semitism, they turned the whole matter in to a medical issue. Hitler initiated a culture of referring to Jewish people using medical terms. Some of the terms included disease, parasite, pathogen as well as scientific names such as bacillus 6 . The medical sector was indeed behind this form of maltreatment. They felt that the Germans were under the threat of the Jews. Actions against the Jews were perceived to be defensive. In order to enhance the ability of the Germans in the struggle to survive, laws which forbid marriages between Jews and Aryans were passed. 7 This was referred to as the “Law for the protection of the German blood and marriages.” 8 German medics promoted the belief that the cure for patients was not integrated into the general healing of the nation. They adopted the idea of maintaining a healthy stock of Germans who were genetically homogenous. Their decisions were after the preventing contami