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Years before Hitler unleashed the "Final Solution" to annihilate European Jews, he began a lesser-known campaign to eradicate the mentally ill, which facilitated the gassing and lethal injection of as many as 270,000 people and set a precedent for the mass murder of civilians. In Confronting the "Good Death" Michael Bryant analyzes the U.S. government and West German judiciary's attempt to punish the euthanasia killers after the war.

The first author to address the impact of geopolitics on the courts' representation of Nazi euthanasia, Bryant argues that international power relationships wreaked havoc on the prosecutions.

Drawing on primary sources, this provocative investigation of the Nazi campaign against the mentally ill and the postwar quest for justice will interest general readers and provide critical information for scholars of Holocaust studies, legal history, and human rights. Support for this publication was generously provided by the Eugene M. Kayden Fund at the University of Colorado.

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Title Confronting the Good Death: Nazi Euthanasia on Trial, 1945-1953
Author Michael S. Bryant
Binding Hardback
Edition illustrated edit
Pages 269
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
Publication date 2005
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780870818097 / 0870818090
Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
Dimensions 9.28 x 6.44 x 1.06 in (23.57 x 16.36 x 2.69 cm)
Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 1950's
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Topical: Holocaust
Category History - General History
Library of Congress subjects People with disabilities - Nazi persecution, Euthanasia - Germany - History - 20th century
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005017419
Dewey Decimal Code 940.531

About the author

Michael Bryant is an assistant professor of history and criminal justice at the University of Toledo and has served as a military attorney with the U.S. Air Force.

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