Aktion T4: the holocaust of disabled people

Jul 24, 2011 15:09

Hitler's Forgotten Victims: The Holocaust and the Disabled provides a good survey of the subject.

Disabled people were the first to die; the people on whom gas chambers were tested. They were still being killed shortly after the war - institutions didn't stop the killing simply because the war was over (it's unclear how long this lasted for). They ( Read more... )

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ibid July 24 2011, 18:50:31 UTC
The phrase 'Life unworthy of Life' chills me almost more than the number of 6 million.

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