disabled people in germany Flashcards
who was seen as disabled and what would happen to them
people with physical and mental disabilities would be targeted as they were seen as worthless and unworthy
why did Hitler authorise their killing
because they messed up his pure aryan race
what was the euthanasia programme
people would be sent to doctors who were cooperating with Hitler, who would send them to institutions like care centers saying it was euginic research but these centers were like concentration camps and they would be killed there.
how were the adults killed (3)
- neglection of doctors (disease)
- gas chambers
- starvation
(sometimes injected with something)
how were children killed (3)
- starvation
- neglect
- injection of lethal drugs
what would the nazis do with the dead bodies
they would burnt hem and bring the ashes to the family and say they had died from something like a heart attack and as all they had was ashes, nothing could be proven
what did people say about the care centres
they protested, the catholic bishop did as well and eventually it ended