Why did the Law for Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Mental Illnesses become a law? What type of treatments did the people go through? What effects did it have on the patients, the people who performed the sterilizations/ surgeries, and local citizens? The Law for Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Mental Illnesses became a law because the Germans wanted a pure race. The treatments were brutal and the effects differed from the person’s view of the German race and what a part they played in the T-4 program ( A program created after the Law was passed).
The Law for Prevention of Offspring became a law because of influence from the American Eugenics Movement and the desire to create a “pure race”. The type of people killed were
The Law for Prevention of Offspring became a law because of influence from the American Eugenics Movement and the desire to create a “pure race”. The type of people killed were