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Deaf People in Hitler's Europe by Donna F Ryan; John S Schuchman; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Annotation Inspired by the conference "Deaf People in Hitler's Europe, 1933-1945," hosted jointly by Gallaudet University and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998, this extraordinary collection, organized into three parts, integrates key presentations and important postconference research. Henry Friedlander begins "Part I: Racial Hygiene"; by analyzing the assault on deaf people and people with disabilities as an integral element in the Nazi attempt to implement their theories of racial hygiene. Robert Proctor documents the role of medical professionals in deciding who should be sterilized or forbidden to marry, and whom the Nazi authorities would murder. In an essay written especially for this volume, Patricia Heberer details how Nazi manipulation of eugenics theory and practice facilitated the justification for the murder of those considered socially undesirable. "Part II: The German Experience" commences with Jochen Muhs's interviews of deaf Berliners who lived under Nazi rule, both those who suffered abuse and those who, as members of the Nazi Party, persecuted others, especially deaf Jews. John S. Schuchman describes the remarkable 1932 film Misjudged People, wh

Who reads Deaf People in Hitler's Europe?

Author

Donna F Ryan; John S Schuchman; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Publisher

Gallaudet University Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9781563681325

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Social Science, Medical

Rating

3.87 / 5 (29 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14