On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Julia Hewitt & Phil Smith wrote:
> I'm looking for sources, information, references, what have you, regarding
> the effect of the Nazi Holocaust on people with disabilities. I know it
> catastrophic, huge numbers murdered, but I would like to know more. Online
> sources as well as other references would be of help. Seems to me there was
> a film, too, the last coupla years that went into this in depth? Any of you
> remarkable folx know anything?
See Leo Alexander, "Medical Science Under Dictatorship," _New England
Journal of Medicine_ 241, no. 2 (14 July 1949): 39ff. In this essay,
Alexander, a physician attached to the Office of the Chief of Counsel for
War Crimes in Nuremberg, discusses Nazi atrocities against people with
disabilities. In addition, there's a 1991 documentary film titled
_Selling Murder: The Killing Films of the Third Reich_ that corroborates
Alexander's accounts. I remember viewing it on The Discovery Channel
years ago but have seen no reference to it since. I did write down some
of the production credits: a Domino Films production, directed by Joanna
Mack, researched and written by Michael Burleigh, produced by Stewart
Lansley. If you can find a way of contacting The Discovery Channel, they
might be able to give you a lead on it. Hope this information helps.
--Marty Norden
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