William L. Shirer and international awareness of the Nazi "euthanasia" program
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]William L. Shirer and international awareness of the Nazi "euthanasia" program
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call numberS940.5318/004
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03469MX
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Oxford University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2016
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]pp433-457
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust and Genocide Studies' Volume 30, Number 3, Winter 2016 pp433-457
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
The earliest reports of industrial-scale murder perpetrated by the Germans appeared in the United States and other countries in early 1941 and were related not to the Holocaust but to the "euthanasia" crimes that touched off the National Socialist genocide. The writings and reports of William Shirer shaped public perception of the murder of disabled people