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Presented By: Bryson White and Sandy Marie English 1 7 th Mrs.Haugstad The Incurably Ill The Homosexuals The Gypsies The Polish Twins Bib
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Wartime, Adolf Hitler suggested, "was the best time for the elimination of the incurably ill." About 200,000 handicapped people were murdered between 1940 and 1945. Harthem Castle, euthanasia killing center where people with physical and mental disabilities were killed by gassing and lethal injection.^ The Incurably Ill
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May 6, 1933 Nazis ransacked the “Institute for Sexual Science” in Berlin, Germany. In 1934, a special Gestapo (Secret State Police) division on homosexuals was set up. The number of prosecuted homosexuals increased sharply, peaking in the years (1937-1939). An estimated 1.2 men where homosexuals in Germany in 1928. The Homosexuals
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Among the groups the Nazi regime and its Axis partners singled out for persecution on so-called racial grounds were the Roma (Gypsies). In May 1940, the SS and police deported approximately 2,500 Roma and Santi, primarily residents of Hamburg and Bremen, to Lublin District in the General government. Only in late 1979 did the West German Federal Parliament identify the Nazi persecution of Roma as being racially motivated The Gypsies
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German police units shot thousands of Polish civilians and required all Polish males to work against their will. The Nazis main goal was to destroy Polish culture by eliminating the Polish political, religious, and intellectual leadership. This was done in part because of German contempt for Polish culture and in part to prevent resistance against the occupation. The Polish
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Twins as young as five years of age were usually murdered after the experiment was over and their bodies dissected. After the twins had been taken from their parents, they were taken to the showers. Since they were "Mengele's children," they were treated differently than other prisoners. Besides the obvious, suffering through medical experiments, the twins were often allowed to keep their hair and allowed to keep their own clothes. They were then taken to the twin's barracks where they were required to fill out a form. The form asked for a brief history and basic measurements such as age and height. The Twins
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Bibliography *Bryson White* Biedron, Robert. "Homosexuals - A Separate Category of Prisoner." Auschwitz - Birkenau Memorial Museum. Auschwitz- Birkenau Deat Camp Victims Memorial Foundation, 2014. Web. 09 Apr. 2014. *Sandy Marie* "Nazisms Pink Hell." Auschwitz-Birkenau. N.p., n.d. Web.. "To My Comrades- from Karl." Auschwitz-Birkenau. N.p., n.d. Web.
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