LEADER 03284cam a2200493Ii 4500001 221366 005 20240621213921.0 008 110915t20102010xx rbm 000 0 eng d 035 (OCoLC)ocn896690865 035 221366 043 e-gx--- 049 LHMA 040 CDN |beng |erda |cCDN |dOCLCO |dOCLCQ |dOCLCF |dOCLCQ |dOCL |dLHM 050 4 HQ755.5.G3 |bH365 2010 050 14 HQ751 H39 2010a 100 1 Hawkins, Michael Creed. 245 10 Compulsory death : |ba historiographic study of the eugenics and euthanasia movements in Nazi Germany / |cby Michael Hawkins. 264 1 |c2010. 264 4 |c©2010 300 94 pages ; |c22 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 502 Thesis (M.A.)--East Tennessee State University, 2010. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-93). 520 This thesis is a historiographical study of the eugenics and euthanasia programs of Nazi Germany. It traces their development from the end of World War One to the fall of Hitler's Third Reich. There are three stages in this study. First, I examine eugenics after World War One and the effect the era had on society. Then I study the Nazi transition from eugenics measures to "euthanasia", and last I analyze the transferring of the killing methods from the "euthanasia" centers to the concentration camps. The questions of how did the idea for eugenics develop in Germany society, what role did World War One play in its development, why did the Nazis move from eugenics to "euthanasia", was the children's euthanasia program and Aktion T- 4 the same or different programs, did doctors willingly participate in the programs, was there a resistance to "euthanasia", and what role did the T-4 program play in the "Final Solution" are examined. This study uses a wide range of secondary sources. It examines the authors of those sources arguments and if their work plays a role in our better understanding of the event. Many of these authors are the leading scholars in their field. This study concludes that these sources have lead to our better understand the Holocaust, and the argument as to whether or not the mass murder of European Jewry was a well planned event or a trial and error process that lead to mass murder. 530 Electronic version(s) |bavailable internally at USHMM. 533 Photocopy. |bAnn Arbor, Mich. : |cUMI Dissertation Services, |d2010 ; |e22 cm. |f1484811. 590 Dissertations and Theses 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Eugenics |zGermany |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Euthanasia |zGermany |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 National socialism. 651 0 Germany |xHistory |y1933-1945. 650 7 Eugenics. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00916432 650 7 Euthanasia. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00916915 651 7 Germany. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01210272 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 Academic theses. |2lcgft 956 41 |u http://dc.ushmm.org/library/bib221366/1484811.pdf |z Hosted by USHMM. 852 0 |bstacks |hHQ755.5.G3 |iH365 2010 852 0 |bebook 852 0 |breceiving |kShelved at 79-2-1