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Talking Back against the Nazi Scheme to Kill the Handicapped Citizens of Germany 1933-1945

By: Alan R. Rushton

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Talking Back against the Nazi Scheme to Kill the Handicapped Citizens of Germany 1933-1945

By: Alan R. Rushton

When Hitler came to power in 1933, he labeled physically and mentally handicapped citizens as dangerous to the genetic health of the German people. He initiated a compulsory sterilization program that eventually blocked 400,000 citizens from enjoying any normal family life. With the onset of war in 1939, he decided that resources should be reserved for healthy, worthwhile citizens who could work for victory. He then ordered a secret program to kill the handicapped. Approximately 250,000 citizens had died when the war finally ended. Readers in medicine, law, sociology and history will be intrigued by this compelling story of the brave citizens who spoke out against the immoral killing of the disabled. Many were arrested and imprisoned; some were executed. All the protesters claimed that the disabled were not “ballast people.” They were people who deserved opportunities to contribute what they could for the good of the community.

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1527526100

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9781527526105

The Feminist Political Campaign for Eugenic Legislation in New Jersey, 1910-1942

By: Alan R. Rushton

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The Feminist Political Campaign for Eugenic Legislation in New Jersey, 1910-1942

By: Alan R. Rushton

As this book shows, between 1910 and 1942, social feminists in New Jersey waged an unsuccessful campaign for legislation that would permit eugenic sterilization of ‘feebleminded’ and other ‘undesirable’ citizens. Church archives and religious periodicals described the conflict between Catholic and Protestant citizens regarding this issue. Reform-minded women persisted in their quest for such progressive state legislation despite repeated failures. Their number of potential voters was very small compared to the organized bloc of Catholic citizens who viewed such legislation as immoral and based on bad science, and threatened to unseat any legislator who supported such a notion. This insightful text highlights that public officials would only enact such laws when they were convinced that many citizens supported a particular eugenic goal and then would vote for legislators who satisfied this moral challenge. Public opinion was unprepared for such radical legislation in New Jersey, and legislators learned that to even consider a eugenic sterilization notion would be political suicide.

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1527593045

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9781527593046

Royal Maladies

Inherited Diseases in the Ruling Houses of Europe

By: Alan R. Rushton

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Royal Maladies

Inherited Diseases in the Ruling Houses of Europe

By: Alan R. Rushton

An intensive historical study of the hereditary diseases hemophilia and porphyria in the personal and political lives of the European royal families Part I Nineteenth century medical knowledge of hemophilia as a hereditary bleeding disorder will be considered. Hemophilia appeared in a son born to Queen Victoria in 1853. Hemophilia was transmitted through Victoria’s unaffected daughters to the ruling houses in Germany, Russia and Spain. The political consequences of a chronically ill male heir to the throne fostered the demise of the royal families in these countries. The royal physicians were well aware of the hereditary nature of hemophilia and failed to advise the British royal family on this matter that had significant political consequences for the modern world. Part II The “Madness of King George III” resulted from variegate porphyria, an inherited disorder of heme metabolism. The disorder was evident in: The immediate family of George III, Ancestors from at least the 13th century, Descendents into the 20th century. The malady was inherited by other ruling houses in continental Europe and affected political life there for over six centuries. Genetic analysis will consider how such an anomaly could have been inherited through so many successive generations. Preliminary DNA evidence will be considered to document variegate porphyria in living relatives of the British royal family. Alternate history if these disorders had not plagued the royal families will be considered in conclusion.

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Trafford Publishing

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1425168108

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Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg

The German Red Cross and the Plan to Kill “Unfit” Citizens 1933-1945

By: Alan R. Rushton

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Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg

The German Red Cross and the Plan to Kill “Unfit” Citizens 1933-1945

By: Alan R. Rushton

Charles Edward was ruler of the German Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, president of the German Red Cross, and the grandson of Queen Victoria. He was closely allied with the rise of Adolf Hitler and the implementation of eugenic policies designed to improve German racial health. When war began in 1939, Hitler ordered a secret program of murder by poison gas and starvation to eliminate the mentally and physically handicapped “ballast people”; approximately 250,000 people were eventually killed. Readers in medicine, law, sociology and history will be interested in this tragic story of a weak-willed, but powerful Nazi leader who facilitated this murderous program, even though one of his own relatives died in the “euthanasia” scheme. Although Charles Edward traveled to neutral countries during the war, he did nothing to broadcast the inhumane treatment of his own and thousands of other families whose relatives disappeared into the murder machine.

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1527518434

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Talking Back against the Nazi Scheme to Kill the Handicapped Citizens of Germany 1933-1945

Talking Back against the Nazi Scheme to Kill the Handicapped Citizens of Germany 1933-1945

The Feminist Political Campaign for Eugenic Legislation in New Jersey, 1910-1942

The Feminist Political Campaign for Eugenic Legislation in New Jersey, 1910-1942

Royal Maladies

Royal Maladies

Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg

Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg

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