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> German doctors began a "euthenasia" program several years before the war broke out, My understanding is the German “euthanasia” program didn’t start until af
by pyuser583 4y ago
> German doctors began a "euthenasia" program several years before the war broke out,
My understanding is the German “euthanasia” program didn’t start until after after the war began. Not in big numbers anyway.
So you have a source?
- otherme123 4y agoEugenics was all the rage in the early XX century. A lot of countries practiced mass sterilizations and other niceties to the "unfit", and the catholic church was among the few that opposed to it. Nazi Germany (and others) just pushed it to the limit. You could still see some eugenics going on around the workd after II WW for some time.
- sofixa 4y agoThe T4 program started in September 1939, same time as the war (in Europe), but the pilot was run in the summer. Considering the Nazis didn't think their invasion of Poland would turn into a general war, it's highly unlikely there's any relation between the two.