The Nazi doctors: medical killing and the psychology of genocide : with a new preface by the author
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Medical killing was a vital stage in the process leading to the Final Solution. Murder in the name of healing and purification of the race was first developed in the Nazi euthanasia program (see pp. 21-144) initiated in 1939. All Jewish patients were sent to the killing centers. Analyzes the participation of doctors and the resistance of some psychiatrists, nurses, and hospital staff. The program was halted due to popular and Church opposition. Pp. 147-414 deal with medical killing at Auschwitz, focusing on "Ernst B, " Josef Mengele, and Eduard Wirths, and the role of antisemitic ideology and commitment to Nazism in their actions. Pp. 418-504 describe the psychological mechanism of "doubling, " division of the self into two functioning wholes, which allowed doctors to participate in evil acts without admitting guilt. Concludes with a discussion of the concept of genocide and the choice of the Jews as victims in the context of German cultural history after 1918.
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Medical killing was a vital stage in the process leading to the Final Solution. Murder in the name of healing and purification of the race was first developed in the Nazi euthanasia program (see pp. 21-144) initiated in 1939. All Jewish patients were sent to the killing centers.
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The Nazi doctors: medical killing and the psychology of genocide : with a new preface by the author was written by Lifton, Robert Jay.
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