Registered, persecuted, annihilated. The sick and the disabled under National Socialism: exhibition catalogue
TitelRegistered, persecuted, annihilated. The sick and the disabled under National Socialism: exhibition catalogue; Erfasst, verfolgt, vernichtet : kranke und behinderte Menschen im Nationalsozialismus
Verfasser
Call number943.086/0109
Inventarnummer08064
ErscheinungsortHeidelberg, Germany
VerlagSpringer Medezin
Erscheinungsjahr
2014
Seiten232 p.
MaterialBuch
ISBN9783642540271
NotesGerman and English
Beschreibung
People who were sick or disabled were considered a burden on the German nation. Starting in 1934, up to 400, 000 people were forcibly sterilised and more than 200, 000 were murdered in mental hospitals and institutions. The exhibition looks at the ways of thinking and actions that made this mass murder possible.