Aktion T4 euthanasia program
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The Aktion T4 euthanasia program was a Nazi state-run campaign during World War II that systematically murdered tens of thousands of disabled and mentally ill people under the guise of medical care and racial hygiene.
Aliases (4)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi euthanasia program
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crime against humanity → war crime → |
| alternativeName |
Nazi euthanasia program
→
T4 program → |
| authorizedBy |
Adolf Hitler
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| country |
Nazi Germany
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| endTime |
1941
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| estimatedNumberOfVictims |
70000
→
to 100000 → |
| followedBy |
Aktion 14f13
→
decentralized killings of disabled people → |
| hasCause |
Nazi racial hygiene ideology
→
eugenics policies in Nazi Germany → |
| headquartersLocation |
Tiergartenstrasse 4, Berlin
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| inception |
September 1939
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| inspired |
extermination camp gas chamber techniques
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| justification |
economic burden arguments
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racial hygiene → |
| languageOfName |
German
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| legalForm |
secret Führer decree
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| location |
Austria
→
Germany → occupied Poland → |
| mainSubject |
children with severe disabilities
→
people with intellectual disabilities → people with physical disabilities → psychiatric patients → |
| method |
carbon monoxide poisoning
→
gas chambers → lethal injection → starvation → |
| namedAfter |
Tiergartenstrasse 4
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| operator |
Chancellery of the Führer
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Reich Ministry of the Interior → SS → |
| opposedBy |
Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen
→
some German clergy → |
| partOf |
Holocaust
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| perpetrator |
Adolf Hitler
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Karl Brandt → Philipp Bouhler NERFINISHED → |
| result |
formal halt in August 1941
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| significantEvent |
systematic murder of disabled people
→
systematic murder of mentally ill people → |
| startTime |
1939
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| timePeriod |
World War II
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| victimDemographics |
Austrian citizens
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German citizens → occupied Polish citizens → |
Referenced by (7)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Aktion T4
("Nazi euthanasia program")
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alternativeName |
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Nazism
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implementedPolicy |
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NaziRacialPolicy
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justified |
|
Clemens August Graf von Galen
("Nazi euthanasia program Aktion T4")
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opposed |
|
Christian Wirth
("Aktion T4")
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participatedIn |
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Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
("Aktion T4")
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relatedProgram |
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Franz Stangl
("T-4 Euthanasia Program")
→
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servedIn |