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THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 5, 1934
* Third Reich - Nazis announce sterilization plan
* Prelude to the Jewish Holocaust - exterminations ?
Page 10 has a one column heading: "Reich Sterilization Of Children Planned" with subhead. (see images) See below for details.
Complete with all 42 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
background: On January 4, 1934, the Nazi regime officially announced the expansion of its forced sterilization program as part of its broader racial hygiene initiative. This announcement followed the passing of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring in 1933, a piece of legislation that legalized the forced sterilization of individuals deemed to have hereditary defects or disabilities. The law targeted people with a range of conditions considered "genetically inferior," including mental illnesses, epilepsy, physical disabilities, and other conditions that the Nazi state categorized as hereditary diseases. The sterilization program was presented as a means to prevent the "degeneration" of the Aryan race, a core element of Nazi ideology, which sought to "purify" the German population by preventing individuals with these traits from reproducing. The January 4, 1934 announcement formalized the bureaucratic structure needed to carry out the program and emphasized the state’s role in controlling reproduction as a tool for racial "improvement." It empowered medical professionals and authorities to identify individuals who were to be sterilized, often without their consent, marking a brutal infringement on personal rights. The sterilization effort was the first step in the Nazi regime’s eugenics agenda, which would later evolve into even more horrific measures, including the T4 euthanasia program and the mass extermination of Jews, Romani people, disabled individuals, and others during the Holocaust. By the end of World War II, an estimated 400,000 people had been forcibly sterilized under this program, setting a chilling precedent for the Nazi state's use of medical science as a means of social control and genocide.
January 05, 1934
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 5, 1934
* Third Reich - Nazis announce sterilization plan
* Prelude to the Jewish Holocaust - exterminations ?
Page 10 has a one column heading: "Reich Sterilization Of Children Planned" with subhead. (see images) See below for details.
Complete with all 42 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
background: On January 4, 1934, the Nazi regime officially announced the expansion of its forced sterilization program as part of its broader racial hygiene initiative. This announcement followed the passing of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring in 1933, a piece of legislation that legalized the forced sterilization of individuals deemed to have hereditary defects or disabilities. The law targeted people with a range of conditions considered "genetically inferior," including mental illnesses, epilepsy, physical disabilities, and other conditions that the Nazi state categorized as hereditary diseases. The sterilization program was presented as a means to prevent the "degeneration" of the Aryan race, a core element of Nazi ideology, which sought to "purify" the German population by preventing individuals with these traits from reproducing. The January 4, 1934 announcement formalized the bureaucratic structure needed to carry out the program and emphasized the state’s role in controlling reproduction as a tool for racial "improvement." It empowered medical professionals and authorities to identify individuals who were to be sterilized, often without their consent, marking a brutal infringement on personal rights. The sterilization effort was the first step in the Nazi regime’s eugenics agenda, which would later evolve into even more horrific measures, including the T4 euthanasia program and the mass extermination of Jews, Romani people, disabled individuals, and others during the Holocaust. By the end of World War II, an estimated 400,000 people had been forcibly sterilized under this program, setting a chilling precedent for the Nazi state's use of medical science as a means of social control and genocide.
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