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Julian Hardy

Professor Wertz-Orbaugh

UWRT 1103

2 ebruary 201!

Wor"ing #raft $n%uiry Pro&osal

The 'uthanasia Progra( is a )ery interesting to&i* to (e+ The &rogra( &re dates the

Holo*aust ,hi*h sho,s ho, the *on*entration *a(& idea *a(e to &lay+ The 'uthanasia &rogra(

,as originally used to target (entally and &hysi*ally handi*a&&ed &eo&le+ azi .er(any

 belie)ed that &eo&le ,ith disabilities ,ere /both a geneti* and finan*ial burden on .er(an

so*iety and the state+ $ still dont "no, ,hat ga)e azis the right to thin" they *an ta"e life

a,ay ,hen they &lease+ The inno*ent "illing of disabled set u& the tragi* e)ents of the

Holo*aust+

The 'uthanasia Progra( ,as the first "no,n (ass (urder in .er(any+ Under the reign

of dolf Hitler .er(an &hysi*ians and (edi*al stuff ,ere at his dis&osal+ Hitler signed a se*ret

authorization for all .er(an (edi*al &ersonnel to be &rote*ted fro( the la, if they their

/e4&eri(ents ,ere to ta"e life+ This ga)e .er(an do*tors the ability to &erfor( all ty&es of

things+ $ dont ho, you *an gi)e so(eone the &o,er to anything their heart desires ,ithout

*onsidering the other &erson feelings+ Hitler (ay ha)e thought he ,as a god but he has no

*ontrol o)er others li)es+ The (entally and &hysi*ally handi*a&&ed ,as not &re&ared for ,hat

Hitler had in store for the(+

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One of the (ethods to finding out ,here the handi*a&&ed li)ed ,as by sur)ey+ The

.er(ans sent letters ho(e as"ing %uestions that see(ed as if they ,ere for statisti*al &ur&oses+

This honestly ,as a )ery effe*ti)e but terrifying ,ay to lo*ate the ne4t )i*ti(s of the &rogra(+

#isabled &eo&le ,ere not the only )i*ti(s of this torture+ t least 5000 *hildren died

during the ,ars in the &rogra(+ The .er(ans lo*ated ,here the *hildren li)ed+ The .er(ans

then set u& *lini*s ,here they ,ould ta"e the *hildren+ They ,ould "ill the( by o)er (edi*ating

the( or star)ing the( to death+ The *hildren did not do anything to &ro)o"e the .er(ans at all+

They 6ust felt they ,ere not needed in the ,orld+ This is &robably due to Hitlers ryan ra*e

des*ri&tion+ Hitlers ryan ra*e ,as des*ribed as blonde hair and blue eyes+ 7onsidering that

(ost &eo&le do not fall underneath this des*ri&tion (any &eo&le ,ere "illed be*ause of it+

fter the &atients ,ere ta"en a,ay fro( their fa(ilies they ,ere ta"en to the gas

*ha(bers+ This ,as the first a*tual use of gas *ha(bers for "illing &ur&oses+ The gas *ha(bers

used &ure *arbon (ono4ide to "ill its )i*ti(s+ The bodies ,ould then be burned in the

*re(atoriu(s+ The ashes ,ere &ut into a *o((on &ile and sent to the fa(ilies ,ith a fa"e death

*ertifi*ate+ This entire &ro*ess ,as the e4a*t definition of *ruel and unusual &unish(ent+ ot

only did the .er(ans "ill inno*ent &eo&le they also sent the ashes of rando( &eo&le to the

)i*ti(s fa(ilies+

O)erall the T8 &rogra( "illed an esti(ated 90300 &eo&le+ The total 'uthanasia &rogra(

as a ,hole "illed o)er 200000 &eo&le+ Those nu(bers are astounding+ The )i*ti(s had done

nothing ,rong to anyone+ Hitler 6ust felt as if they ,ere unne*essary in the .er(an state+ This

)ery idea led Hitler to "ill o)er 11 (illion inno*ent &eo&le during ,ar ti(e+