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The Murder of People with Disabilities | Holocaust Encyclopedia In 1939, the Nazi regime began a systematic program to murder them The so-called Nazi Euthanasia Program targeted for murder Germans with mental and physical disabilities It claimed the lives of an estimated 250,000 people
Child euthanasia in Nazi Germany - Wikipedia Child euthanasia (German: Kinder-Euthanasie) was the name given to the organized killing of severely mentally and physically disabled children and teenagers up to 16 years old during the Nazi era in over 30 so-called "special children's wards"
How the Nazis Targeted People with Disabilities | Facing History . . . The following spring, Hitler set up a committee of physicians to prepare for the murder of mentally and physically disabled children Known as the Reich Committee for the Scientific Treatment of Severe Hereditary and Congenital Diseases, the group was told to keep its mission secret
The Persistence of Disabled Children and Their Allies During Aktion T4 . . . In this research paper, I will look at the stories of a few disabled children who tried to survive in Nazi Germany’s institutions and killing centers, and those who stood up for all children, including disabled children, teachers, and clergy, as Hitler enacted his party’s Holocaust
Part 2A: The Murder of Children and the Developmentally Disabled T4 initially targeted developmentally disabled infants and toddlers in Germany, but later included adults with disabilities all across Europe German doctors and nurses played key roles, killing 250,000 people in a program that was euphemistically labeled as euthanasia
Disabled People under fascist rule - ENIL After forced sterilisations had been legalised, more and more voices demanded the killing of disabled people Allegedly parents started to ask Hitler for the permission to kill their disabled children Hitler who publicly mocked “the humanitarian befuddlement of modern society” gave his permission
Nazi crimes against children - Wikipedia Nazi Germany perpetrated various crimes against humanity and war crimes against children, including the killing of children of unwanted or "dangerous" people in accordance with Nazi ideological views, either as part of their idea of racial struggle or as a measure of preventive security
The Holocaust Killing Centers: An Historical Nightmare for the Disabled . . . Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi doctors, under the guise of medical advancement, killed 300,000 disabled children and adults Throughout German cities and townships, disabled “patients” were identified by clinicians, psychiatrists and social workers, and required to register with Nazi officials
The History Place - Holocaust Timeline: Nazi Euthanasia In October of 1939 amid the turmoil of the outbreak of war Hitler ordered widespread "mercy killing" of the sick and disabled Code named "Aktion T 4," the Nazi euthanasia program to eliminate "life unworthy of life" at first focused on newborns and very young children