{"id":13108,"date":"2003-06-14T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2003-06-15T06:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13108"},"modified":"2023-02-01T13:49:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T21:49:57","slug":"the-killing-of-psychiatric-patients-in-nazi-germany-between-1939-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13108","title":{"rendered":"The Killing of Psychiatric Patients in Nazi-Germany between 1939-1945"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Michael Von Cranach<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"178\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/israelijpsychiatry.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences\" class=\"wp-image-15753\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Israeli Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Between 1939 and 1945, 180,000 psychiatric patients were killed in Nazi Germany. This paper opens with a brief discussion of the reasons for addressing this issue today; it is followed by the details of the so-called euthanasia program that entailed killing of patients by gas in special hospitals in the years 1939-1941, and in psychiatric hospitals in the years 1942-1945. In this latter period, patients were killed with lethal injections and through the introduction of a starvation diet. The fate of the Jewish patients and forced laborers, as well as the experiments conducted on the patients, are mentioned. Finally, some thoughts are presented to answer the question of why this could have happened. To me, the giving up of individual responsibility in an authoritarian system leads to the loss of the individual conscience and soul, including those of a psychiatrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Cranach MV. The Killing of Psychiatric Patients in Nazi-Germany between 1939-1945. Israeli J Psych &amp; Related Sciences. 2003;40(1):8-18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A presentation by the same title with a similar abstract was presented at a meeting of the Israel Psychiatric Association, Jerusalem, 6th of December 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Von Cranach AbstractBetween 1939 and 1945, 180,000 psychiatric patients were killed in Nazi Germany. 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