Tracing the rise of racist and eugenic ideologies; Henry Friedlander explores in chilling detail how the Nazi program of secretly exterminating the handicapped and disabled evolved into the systematic destruction of Jews and Gypsies. He describes how the so-called euthanasia of the handicapped provided a practical model for the later mass murder; thereby initiating the Holocaust.The Nazi regime pursued the extermination of Jews; Gypsies; and the handicapped based on a belief in the biological; and thus absolute; inferiority of those groups. To document the connection between the assault on the handicapped and the Final Solution; Friedlander shows how the legal restrictions and exclusionary policies of the 1930s; including mass sterilization; led to mass murder during the war. He also makes clear that the killing centers where the handicapped were gassed and cremated served as the models for the extermination camps.Based on extensive archival research; the book also analyzes the involvement of the German bureaucracy and judiciary; the participation of physicians and scientists; and the nature of popular opposition.
#231382 in Books The University of North Carolina Press 1987-10-01 1987-10-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.90 x 1.11 x 5.40l; 1.33 #File Name: 0807841889440 pages
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The Real Deal on Black FolkloreBy Andre M.E.C.L. Adams was an interesting fellow. In the 1920s; he won the trust of the Blacks in his area and they told him raw stories filled with their true feelings about racial oppression as well as other aspects of their daily lives. Adams collected these stories into two volumes that are collected here (as well as some additional material)that hold up quite well today. No patronizing of his subjects; stereotyping; nor overexaggerated "Negro dialect" which marred similar collections of this kind of material by White writers. I would recommend this and Zora Neale Hurston's "Mules and Men" and "Every Tounge Got to Confess" for anyone who wants to know the real deal on African-American folklore.One minor complaint; the editor mentions the existance of some other tales that Adams colected that exist in his papers that do not appear in this collection. Wonder why this stuff wasn't included?0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Sherry KnowlesNear perfect !
