Disabled+Children+in+the+Holocaust

__The Euthanasia Program__ What was the “Euthanasia” program ? ** A program in the very beginning of WWII that demanded a record and report of severely physically and mentally disabled children under the age of three. Beginning in October of 1939, the public health authorities told parents to admit their disabled children into specially designed clinics throughout Germany and Austria ** How did it begin? **  In the beginning the program only targeted infants and toddlers with severe disabilities. It then branched out to all mentally and physically disabled children up to seventeen years of age. There were very few survivors of this program because the targets were unable to defend themselves against the shots and mistreatment.  A new or recently hired nurse often told the parents that their children died of an accidental overdose. The nurses and doctors were often specially recruited to do this. Hitler signed a secret authorization back dated to the very beginning of the program so that this operation could be carried out and the doctors protected. It is estimated that a little over 5,000 disabled German and Austrian children killed due to this. [|United states holocaust memorial museum] Pictures: USHMM Information: USHMM and Kids Who Survived to Tell Their Stories
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 * Did anyone survive this program? **
 * What did the doctors tell the parents? **
 * Who did this to the disabled children? **
 * How many children killed? **