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"When Dominic Perrottet admitted to wearing a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday
party, he apologised to Jews and veterans – but not to the other groups who
were persecuted by the Nazis, including disabled people.
However, disabled people were the first victims of the Holocaust. They were
murdered in a number of Nazi programs specifically targeting them, as well as
those that targeted Jews, Sinti, and Roma.
In 2023, International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks 90 years since the Nazis
assumed power, and immediately began their persecution of everyone they thought
of as “inferior”.
The Nazis frequently described disabled people as “useless eaters”, “empty
human shells”, and “life unworthy of life”. They chose these labels to evoke
images of people who were incapable of doing anything, and so needed to be kept
in institutions for their entire lives, wasting the tax dollars of non-disabled
people.
A suite of policies implemented by the Nazis forced disabled people out of
German society and into institutions, where they worked until they were
murdered."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
