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Posted by: johnk
When: 11/18/2003 12:30:36 PM
In 1939, the German government established the Euthanasie Programme which was aimed at the extermination or removal of those unfit to live. In 1935, the Nuremburg Laws ( http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/nurmlaw1.html )provided for the forced sterilization of the unfit. Jews, Gypsies, Aryians, the mentally defective, severely handicapped, the incurably insane and the incurably sick were all candidates for this "sterilization." In 1939-1941, 50k to 60k Germans of all ages were secretly killed by lethal injections or gassing installations designed to look like shower stalls. Needless to say, during WWII these sterilization methods would rend a horribly high number of people dead. In response to: What was the Nazi "Euthanasia" Program? Why was it established?
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