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During the Great Depression, individuals with intellectual disabilities, often referred to as "mentally retarded" in historical contexts, faced severe discrimination and neglect. While there is no widespread documentation of systematic killings specifically during this era, many were subjected to poor living conditions, institutionalization, and lack of care, which significantly increased their vulnerability. Additionally, eugenics movements in the early 20th century did advocate for the sterilization and marginalization of people with disabilities, contributing to their suffering during this period.
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How many mentally retarded children did hitler killed?
5,000
What happened to people that were mentally retarded during the holocaust?
It all depends. If they got in trouble with the law, frequently they were sent to mental hospitals rather than Prisons, and this was considered more humane than tossing them in with hardened criminals. Very often retarded people were sterilized to prevent them from committing sexual crimes. This was very controversial but it was done, and in fact was endorsed by such a famous judge as Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Who were killed besides Jews in the Holocaust?
Anyone Hitler believed didn't have morals, like homosexuals.
What is the difference between the treatment of mentally retarded people now and during the Great Depression?
Simply they killed them because they thought they were possessed by the devil or they were broken. Sometimes they actually "tried" to cure them by putting them on something and spinning them really fast to spin the retardation out of them. But now we actually know a lot more about why they are this way. So now we treat them nicer and tend to there special needs and they try to make them a little smarter. Back then it was best to ship the kid off to a live in school for 2 reasons. 1 because it was a great embarrassment to the family and 2 because they were uneducated on how to care for a mental retarded person. Of course our views changed because people now know how to take care of a family member with mental retardation and most are no longer embarrassed to raise a mentally retarded child.
What were the activities of the KKK during the 1930 Depression?
the answer is the KKK killed and murdered
Who was Bette Milder's sister?
Bette Midler had a sister Judith, who was killed in a car crash in New York's Theatre District in 1970 and to whom she dedicated her first album. She has another sister Susan who teaches mentally disabled people, and a younger brother Daniel who is himself mentally retarded.
Why was Lennie mad at the puppy?
If you are talking about the book Of Mice and Men, Lennie is mad at the puppy for dieing. He was playing with the puppy, it went to bite him playfully, and Lennie smacked the puppy on its head. Lennie, being mentally retarded was unaware of his strength and accidentally killed the puppy.
How were mentally challenged people treated in the 1960s?
They were killed...
Did the Nazis only murder people of the Jewish heritage?
No, the Nazis, under Hitler's rule/orders, killed: gypsies, homosexuals, the mentally and physically retarded people, Jews, Soviet citizens, Soviet prisoners of war, Ethnic Poles, political and religious people who disagreed with him. He also killed you if you didn't meet his Aryan race standards (blond hair, blue eyes).
What effect did the closing banks have on the people during the great depression?
it was hard on people losing their savings. some killed themselves dgjhgjdfbghjgfgb
How many were Killed in the name of Christianity?
Countless Jews, Muslims, Atheists, mentally retarded people, babies, women, children,black people, other christians, mexicans, British, French, Romans and pretty much any ethnic or religious group you can name were killed in the name of God. All for a good cause right? Don't you just love the religion of love thy neighbor?
What was life like in west during the great depression?
Times were tough, many people killed themselves over the great loss of money
