Nazis believed associating behavior with race, criminality with Gypsies. ... The Euthanasia Programs Euthanasia, also known as "mercy killings", is the terminating of ones' life because of an illness; and if this person was not able to make the decision for him or herself, a relative did the decision. When the Nazis got hold of euthanasia, they turned the meaning into the "destruction of worthless life." ... Hitler in order to justify euthanasia gave it a Darwinist Twist. ... The 'Euthanasia' Program for Adults The 'euthanasia' program for adults started in 1939, u...

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In Islamic world, Gypsies were considered as Christian because of their different religion believes and culture; but their dark skin and foreign-looking faces made them "Islam" in Christian society. ... Thousands of Gypsies women were sterilized in order to prevent the defected offspring from be born, thousands more were send to concentration camp who would never return Like Hitler himself said, "If you repeat a lie load enough and often enough, people will believe it." ... The sterilization and euthanasia programs, for example, relied upon thousands of ordinary doctors, nurses, social wor...

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Germans believed that people within their country were conspiring against them. ... With this trust Hitler "had successfully disposed of all opposition and, moreover, had stabilized his rule in a way that almost no one would have believed possible" (Frei 27). ... Before, Germans thought of fascist ideas but believed them to be too extreme to support. When Hitler talked of fascism (the one he had masked as crucial to empowering Germany), euthanasia no longer seemed wrong because it was necessary to rid the country of the enemy. ...

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In fact some historians like Anthony Wood believe the SS would have eventually taken over the Third Reich. ... Hitler compared the creation of a pure totalitarian race through euthanasia to a war. ...

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