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In an interesting example, Nazi Germany actually scaled back their T4 "euthanasia" murder project because of popular protests.
by goto11 7y ago
In an interesting example, Nazi Germany actually scaled back their T4 "euthanasia" murder project because of popular protests.
- ben_w 7y agoFascinating — I’d never heard of that before, and it seemed strange that any public opinion could sway the Nazi regime, but the Wikipedia page has a lot of references: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4
- dghf 7y agoThere was also the Rosenstrasse protest, where a group of non-Jewish women managed to get their Jewish husbands released. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenstrasse_protest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenstrasse_protest
- thejohnconway 7y agoThe Nazis were super-paranoid about public opinion, and made some fairly serious efforts to track it (on a population level, so not about individuals).