The Nazi regime referred to it as the Final Solution of the Jewish Question. See related questions below.
No. The Nazis exterminated people against their will. The Nazis did the choosing and chose who they thought shouldn't be allowed to live. Euthanasia as discussed today is the termination life as a humane act. The Nazis did not exterminate people for humane reasons.The word euthanasia in your question should be highlighted in quotation marks since Nazi killing was anything but humane.
Painless death.
October 1939 - Nazis Begin Euthanasia on Sick and DisabledOCTOBER 1939- NAZIS BEGIN EUTHANASIA ON SICK AND DISABLED
During the Holocaust, the Nazi euthanasia program, known as Aktion T4, resulted in the systematic killing of approximately 70,000 individuals deemed "unfit" or "life unworthy of life," including those with disabilities and mental illnesses. This program operated from 1939 to 1941, with killings conducted in gas chambers, lethal injections, and other methods. The program was later expanded informally to include other groups during the broader genocidal efforts of the Holocaust.
During WWII, the Nazi plan was to euthanize the Jewish population, involuntarily - which really is better defined as mass murder. These, of course were judged to be illegal war crimes and prosecutions of many Nazi leaders felt to be responsible took place during the Nuremberg trials after the war ended.
No. The Nazis exterminated people against their will. The Nazis did the choosing and chose who they thought shouldn't be allowed to live. Euthanasia as discussed today is the termination life as a humane act. The Nazis did not exterminate people for humane reasons.The word euthanasia in your question should be highlighted in quotation marks since Nazi killing was anything but humane.
Painless death.
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October 1939 - Nazis Begin Euthanasia on Sick and DisabledOCTOBER 1939- NAZIS BEGIN EUTHANASIA ON SICK AND DISABLED
it was something you know :)
There are many different ideas on who invented euthanasia, but the most often agreed with is the Nazi physicians came up with it to give the "good death" to the handicapped kids.
During the Holocaust, the Nazi euthanasia program, known as Aktion T4, resulted in the systematic killing of approximately 70,000 individuals deemed "unfit" or "life unworthy of life," including those with disabilities and mental illnesses. This program operated from 1939 to 1941, with killings conducted in gas chambers, lethal injections, and other methods. The program was later expanded informally to include other groups during the broader genocidal efforts of the Holocaust.
Euthanasia is the name given to assisting someone to die to relieve suffering. In most countries it would be illegal and regarded as murder.
We cannot know for sure when euthanasia started for sure, but if you look at the earliest known form, in Nazi Germany, it was to purify the "Aryan race". Aka, kill those who weren't good enough.
It was denounced in sermons by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Muenster in August 1941 and the Bishop of Limburg wrote protesting ... The euthanasia program was halted for several months and some of the 'experts' in killing were transferred to the Final Solution, but the euthanasia program restarted later on a much smaller scale.
During WWII, the Nazi plan was to euthanize the Jewish population, involuntarily - which really is better defined as mass murder. These, of course were judged to be illegal war crimes and prosecutions of many Nazi leaders felt to be responsible took place during the Nuremberg trials after the war ended.
Nazi euthanasia programs were state-sponsored initiatives aimed at systematically killing individuals deemed "unworthy of life," including those with disabilities, mental illnesses, and other perceived societal burdens. This approach was rooted in a perverse ideology of racial purity and social Darwinism, contrasting sharply with the ethical frameworks of most societies, which prioritize consent, autonomy, and humane treatment in end-of-life care. Unlike voluntary euthanasia practices seen in some countries, which focus on patient choice and dignity, Nazi euthanasia was coercive, dehumanizing, and genocidal.