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Kaufbeuren euthanasia center. Germany, 1945. [LCID: 65375]
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Euthanasia Program

“Euthanasia” literally means “good death.” During the Nazi era, however, the “Euthanasia Program” referenced the killing program that targeted both children and adults with mental and physical disabilities across Germany and its annexed territories. Explore more content related to the Nazi Euthanasia Program during the Holocaust (1933–1945). 

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Black and white portrait of an old woman with light skin tone and medium light hair. She appears to be wearing a striped shirt.
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A victim of the Nazi Euthanasia Program
Typed document with handwritten notes and signature in black ink.
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Adolf Hitler's authorization for the Euthanasia Program
An American soldier stands guard in front of the Hadamar Institute. [LCID: 08474]
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An American soldier stands guard in front of the Hadamar Institute
Typed document with handwritten notes and signature in black ink.
Timeline Event
Backdated Order Authorizes “Euthanasia” Program
Benno Müller-Hill, Antje Kosemund, Paul Eggert, and Elvira Manthey [LCID: dm000001]
Oral History
Benno Müller-Hill, Antje Kosemund, Paul Eggert, and Elvira Manthey describe the Euthanasia Program
Bernburg, one of the six major euthanasia killing centers. [LCID: 02509]
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Bernburg T4 Facility
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Brandenburg T4 Facility
Buses that transported patients from a public hospital near Wiesbaden to the Hadamar euthanasia center, where the patients were gassed ... [LCID: 77167]
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Buses that transported patients from the Eichberg hospital near Wiesbaden to the Hadamar euthanasia killing center
Buses used to transport patients to Hadamar euthanasia center. [LCID: 76487b]
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Buses used to transport patients from the Eichberg hospital near Wiesbaden to Hadamar
Eugenics poster entitled "The Judaizing of Berlin 1932."
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Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
Media Essay
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race - ID Card/Oral History
Portrait of Irmgard Huber, chief nurse at the Hadamar Institute, in her office. [LCID: 05472]
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Deadly Medicine: Irmgard Huber
Emmi G., a 16-year-old housemaid diagnosed as schizophrenic. [LCID: 79662]
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Emmi G., a victim of the Euthanasia Program
Propaganda slide produced by the Reich Propaganda Office showing the opportunity cost of feeding a person with a hereditary disease.
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Eugenics
Poster featuring an illustrated view of the German countryside at the top and a large family tree made of circles, squares, and lines along the bottom.
Media Essay
Eugenics
"Euthanasia" centers, Germany 1940-1945 [LCID: ger73070]
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"Euthanasia" centers, Germany 1940-1945

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