Article ID: CBB001220559

Die Provinz Ostpreußen und die nationalsozialistische “Euthanasie”: SS-“Aktion Lange” und “Aktion T4” (2008)

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During World War II, psychiatric patients hospitalized in asylums in Eastern Prussia became victims of two separate killing programmes: first, by the SS-special command Lange, second by the centrally (in Berlin) organized "euthanasia"-"Aktion T4". By an analysis of the patient files of the victims, the present paper shows that the historical actors responsible for the killings were communicating with each other. It is now also possible to reconstruct the exact dynamic in time and space of the killings. A comparative analysis of the selection criteria within the total population of the asylums documents that in both programs, the responsible historical actors included physicians and provincial administrative personnel; it further shows that under the conditions of war, only patients who were able to contribute to the asylum work and economy, and were behaviourally adapted could survive.

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Description On euthanasia programs for psychiatric patients hospitalized in asylums.


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Authors & Contributors
Müller, Thomas
Hedfors, Eva
Benedict, Susan
Reichelt, Bernd
Valeriano, Annacarla
Mandelli, Elisa
Concepts
National Socialism
World War II
Psychiatry
Euthanasia
Holocaust
Medicine and ethics
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Modern
21st century
Places
Germany
Italy
Württemberg (Germany)
Norway
Berlin (Germany)
Institutions
Reichsuniversität Strassburg
Institut für Psychologie und Klinische Psychologie
Wilhelm-Institut für Hirnforschung
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
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