Title: Der Weg zum NS- Genozid. Von der Euthanasie zur Endlösung
First published: October 1, 2001
Description: Henry Friedlander explores in chilling detail how the Nazi program of secretly exterminating the handicapped and disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of Jews and Gypsies. Tracing the rise of racist and eugenic ideologies in Germany, he describes how the so-called euthanasia of the handicapped provided a practical model for mass murder, thereby initiating the Holocaust.

Based on extensive research in American, German, and Austrian archives as well as Allied and German court records, the book also analyzes the involvement of the German bureaucracy and judiciary, the participation of physicians and scientists, the motives of the killers, and the nature of popular opposition. Friedlander also sheds light on the special plight of handicapped Jews, who were the first singled out for murder.
Subjects: Atrocities, Euthanasia, Genocide, History, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Medical ethics, Moral and ethical aspects, Moral and ethical aspects of National socialism, National socialism, Nazi persecution, People with disabilities, Political aspects, Political aspects of Euthanasia, Politics and government, Romanies, World War, 1939-1945, Homicide, Holocaust, Roma, Disabled Persons, World War II, Jews, History, 20th Century, Gypsies, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Judeus, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst00958866, Germany, politics and government, 1933-1945, World war, 1939-1945, atrocities, Euthanasie, Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei, Handicapped, Drittes Reich, Judenvernichtung, Romani Genocide, 1939-1945
Places: Germany, Deutschland
Time periods: 1933-1945, 20th century, Geschichte 1939-1945
LC classification: DD256.5 .F739 1995, DD256.5