Psychiatry, German society and the Nazi "euthanasia" programme
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Psychiatry, German society and the Nazi "euthanasia" programme
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0173
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]05398B
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]London, England
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Routledge
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2000
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp43-62
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0415150361
NotesArticle from the book 'The Holocaust: origins, implementation, aftermath' pp43-62
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
In this excerpt Burleigh examines the complex history of the euthanasia program under the Nazis. The author relates the role and impact of the psychiatrist from the initial period which appeared to be rational and reasonable to what by the end of the Nazi regime had become acts of murder and suffering.