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Record Nr.

UNINA9910688449303321

Autore

Robertson Michael D.

Titolo

The first into the dark : the Nazi persection of the disabled / / Michael D. Robertson, Astrid Ley, Edwina Light

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Broadway, NSW, Australia : , : UTS ePRESS, , 2019

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 333 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

943.086

Soggetti

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Germany Politics and government 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"Under the Nazi regime a secret program of 'euthanasia' was undertaken against the sick and disabled. Known as the Krankenmorde (the murder of the sick) 300,000 people were killed. A further 400,000 were sterilised against their will. Many complicit doctors, nurses, soldiers and bureaucrats would then perpetrate the Holocaust. From eyewitness accounts, records and case files, The First into the Dark narrates a history of the victims, perpetrators, opponents to and witnesses of the Krankenmorde, and reveals deeper implications for contemporary society: moral values and ethical challenges in end of life decisions, reproduction and contemporary genetics, disability and human rights, and in remembrance and atonement for the past."--