medicalization of murder: the 'Euthanasia' programs

At the beginning of the Nazi era, Hitler's sinister racial theories were swung into place. This included compulsory sterilization of those considered genetically unfit to procreate. Simply stopping the reproduction of people with mental and/or physical disabilities was not sufficient to achieve the German goal of a "pure Aryan race". The focus soon shifted to eliminating the people themselves, including children born with physical or developmental conditions. Involuntary sterilisation evolved into systematic killing, which was termed "euthanasia"