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Record Nr.

UNINA9910166649603321

Autore

Bryant Michael S. <1962->

Titolo

Confronting the "Good Death" : Nazi Euthanasia on Trial, 1945-1953 / / Michael S. Bryant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Press of Colorado, 2005

Boulder : , : University Press of Colorado, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-60732-708-2

1-60732-609-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 269 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

940.53/18/0874

Soggetti

Trials (Genocide)

Euthanasia - Germany - History - 20th century

People with disabilities - Nazi persecution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The emperor of ice-cream : Nationalist Socialist euthanasia, 1933-1945 -- Constructing mass murder : the United States euthanasia trials, 1945-1947 -- First reckonings : the German euthanasia trials, 1946-1947 -- Lucifer on the ruins of the world : the German euthanasia trials, 1948-1950 -- Law and power : the West German euthanasia trials, 1948-1953.

Sommario/riassunto

"Drawing on primary sources and extensive research, this investigation of the Nazi campaign against the mentally ill and the postwar quest for justice will interest general readers and provide critical information for scholars of Holocaust studies, legal history, and human rights."--Jacket.