Bernburg

"The gas chamber, about ten by fifteen feet large, was disguised as a shower room and contained the usual pipes with small holes to facilitate the administration of gas from an adjacent room. A mirror installed inside the chamber permitted the physician to view the patients through a window in the door. The crematorium contained two stationary ovens, fueled with coal and attached to an existing chimney."

Henry Friedlander (1995), pg 92

Readings:

Henry Friedlander, The Origins of Nazi Germany: From Euthanasia to the Final Solution. Chapter 5 The Killing Centers (1995)

Robert Jay Lifton, The Natzi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide. Chapter 2 Euthanasia: Direct Medical Killing (2000 [1986])

Synopses

July 11th: Discussion on Deaf People in Nazi Germany

July 12th: Visit to Bernburg

Study Session Transcripts

July 12th discussion on: Biesold, Horst. Crying Hands: Eugenics and Deaf People in Nazi Germany.

Sharon L. Snyder, Ph. D.,
Director, "Legacies of Eugenics" Summer Institute, Einstein Forum
Assistant Professor, Interdisciplinary Ph. D. Program in Disability Studies
Department of Disability and Human Development
University of Illinois at Chicago (MC 626)
1640 W. Roosevelt Rd. #207
Chicago IL 60608-6904 U.S.A.
E-mail: ssnyder@uic.edu Phone: (312) 413-1975 (Voice) Fax: (312) 996-0885