In cases where the decision was not unanimous the child was kept under observation and another attempt would be made to get a unanimous decision.
The Nazi euthanasia program quickly expanded to include older disabled children and adults. Hitler's decree of October, , typed on his personal stationary, enlarged "the authority of certain physicians to be designated by name in such manner that persons who, according to human judgment, are incurable can, upon a most careful diagnosis of their condition of sickness, be accorded a mercy death.
Questionnaires were then distributed to mental institutions, hospitals and other institutions caring for the chronically ill. Patients had to be reported if they suffered from schizophrenia, epilepsy, senile disorders, therapy resistant paralysis and syphilitic diseases, retardation, encephalitis, Huntington's chorea and other neurological conditions, also those who had been continuously in institutions for at least 5 years, or were criminally insane, or did not posses German citizenship or were not of German or related blood, including Jews, Negroes, and Gypsies.
A total of six killing centers were established including the well known psychiatric clinic at Hadamar. The euthanasia program was eventually headed by an SS man named Christian Wirth, a notorious brute with the nickname 'the savage Christian.
At Brandenburg, a former prison was converted into a killing center where the first Nazi experimental gassings took place. The gas chambers were disguised as shower rooms, but were actually hermetically sealed chambers connected by pipes to cylinders of carbon monoxide. Patients were generally drugged before being led naked into the gas chamber. He undermined political institutions to transform Germany into a totalitarian state. He committed suicide in April As leader of the Nazi paramilitary SS "Schutzstaffel" , Himmler was one of the Nazi party members most directly responsible for the Holocaust.
He also served as Chief of Police and Minister of the Interior, thereby controlling all of the Third Reich's security forces. He oversaw the construction and operations of all extermination camps, in which more than 6 million Jews were murdered. Hess joined the Nazi party in and took part in the Beer Hall Putsch, a failed Nazi attempt to gain power.
While in prison, he helped Hitler write "Mein Kampf. In , he stood trial in Nuremberg and was sentenced to life in prison, where he died.
Alongside Himmler, Eichmann was one of the chief organizers of the Holocaust. After Germany's defeat, Eichmann fled to Austria and then to Argentina, where he was captured by the Israeli Mossad in Tried and found guilty of crimes against humanity, he was executed in He founded the Gestapo, the Secret State Police, and served as Luftwaffe commander until just before the war's end, though he increasingly lost favor with Hitler.
Berlin has unveiled a memorial for victims of what the Nazis called "euthanasia," a program exterminating people deemed "unworthy of life. Roman Herzog, who was Germany's president from to , is best known for publicly taking on the country's dark chapter during World War II - and for his biting irony.
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The gas chamber in the Bernburg euthanasia center. Anna Lehnkering, left, was one of approximately 70, victims in Germany. Nazi 'euthanasia' of the disabled 'can never be forgotten' Berlin has unveiled a memorial for victims of what the Nazis called "euthanasia," a program exterminating people deemed "unworthy of life. The ceremony at the US Capitol, featuring a candle-lighting and names reading, is happening now. Join us right now to watch a live interview with a survivor, followed by a question-and-answer session.
The Museum's commemoration ceremony, including remarks by the German ambassador and a Holocaust survivor, is happening now. Help us teach about the consequences of unchecked hate and antisemitism.
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