Confronting the "Good Death": Nazi Euthanasia on Trial,

Confronting the "Good Death": Nazi Euthanasia on Trial, 1945-1953
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Years before Hitler unleashed the â€œFinal Solutionâ€ to annihilate European Jews, he began a lesser-known campaign to eradicate the mentally ill, which facilitated the gassing and lethal injection of as many as 270,000 people and set a precedent for the mass murder of civilians. In Confronting the â€œGood Deathâ€ Michael Bryant analyzes the U.S. government and West German judiciaryâ€™s attempt to punish the euthanasia killers after the war.
The first author to address the impact of geopolitics on the courtsâ€™ representation of Nazi euthanasia, Bryant argues that international power relationships wreaked havoc on the prosecutions.
Drawing on primary sources, this provocative investigation of the Nazi campaign against the mentally ill and the postwar quest for justice will interest general readers and provide critical information for scholars of Holocaust studies, legal history, and human rights. Support for this publication was generously provided by the Eugene M. Kayden Fund at the University of Colorado.

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of Colorado
Manufacturer	University Press of Colorado
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	13 b&w photos and 1 map
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Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780870818097
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Confronting the "Good Death": Nazi Euthanasia on Trial, 1945-1953