first into the dark: the Nazi persecution of the disabled

This book describes the 'krankenmorde' the murder of the sick - where hundreds of thousands of people living with disabilities and illnesses were subjected to what would become known as the 'euthanasia program'. Among the first public policies of the Nazi government was the identification and forced sterilisation of a defined genetic class. This persecution became a highly coordinated, state-run program of mass killing. The authors focus on the involvement of many individuals - those who aided the perpetrators, those who objected and opposed