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How did the Nazis' sterilization act alter the relationship between physician and patient? What changes did the "euthanasia program" bring to that relationship?
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Although the Nazis loudly proclaimed many of their actions against the "other," they tried to keep the "euthanasia" program and later the Holocaust secret. Why do you think the Nazis chose to do so? Why do you think they waited until the nation was at war to implement both programs?
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After World War II, the Allies accused a number of German eugenicists of participating in government-sponsored massacres. At the trial, Karl Brandt, the head of the Nazi program for the killing of the mentally disabled, argued that the Nazi program for the sterilization and elimination of "life not worthy of living" was based on ideas and experiences in the United States. How would you respond to his argument? Does it absolve Brandt and the others of wrongdoing?
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Why do you think civilians like the people of Mauthausen chose to remain silent? How do you account for the silence of soldiers like Herbert Mochalski? Can something be secret if everyone knows it?
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