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Most of the world is aware of the awful crimes committed by the Nazis during the Second World War. In addition to the horror of the Holocaust resulting in the death of six million Jews and the murder of countless Russians, Poles, and other Europeans, many disabled, “undesirable,” or otherwise flawed Germans were also categorically eliminated. The active participation of German physicians in the serial murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children has not been adequately exposed.
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Perper, J.A., Cina, S.J. (2010). The Nazi Murders. In: When Doctors Kill. Copernicus, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1369-2_7
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