Growing criticism of the "euthanasia" operation - such as a sermon given by Clemens Galen, the Catholic Bishop of Muenster on August 3, 1941 - prompted Hitler to terminate the operation officially. Practically, however, it continued under improved camouflage until the end of the war. By September 1, 1941, when the operation was officially terminated, 70,273 people had been "purged," according to T4 figures; by the end of 1941, T4 reported that 93,521 beds had been made available for other purposes.
