The Nazis came for the disabled first.
They tested gas chambers on us.
They deemed us “useless eaters”.
They had propaganda convincing people we were expendable.
They got many of these ideas from the US.
Eugenics is not new.
Leaving disabled people by the wayside is fascism
@broadwaybabyto #Hitler explicitly refers to the US’ #eugenics and immigration laws in Mein Kampf, praising them as early models for his own racial program.
"The demand that defective people be prevented from propagating equally defective offspring is a demand of clearest reason and, if systematically executed, represents the most humane act of mankind. It will spare millions of unfortunates undeserved sufferings, and consequently will lead to a rising improvement of health as a whole."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/feb/06/race.usa
Hitler's debt to America