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[Euthanasia as a form of extermination applied by Germans in concentration camps during the World War II]. 1998

J Kucharski

Fighting for the "pure" German nation during the World War II Nazis used euthanasia for killing mentally ill and disabled persons - the action known under the cryptonim T-4. Throughout Poland under the German occupation during euthanasia action Nazis killed many patients of mental hospitals. The euthanasia in concentration camps - the action of murdering ill inmates - was called 14f13. In the Auschwitz concentration camp thousands were murdered in gas chambers. The Nazis aimed at getting rid of disabled and mentally diseased people. Euthanasia was to serve the Nazi ideology.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011044	Poland	A country in central Europe, east of Germany. The capital is Warsaw.	Polish People's Republic,Republic of Poland
D003209	Concentration Camps	A place where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, are deliberately imprisoned in a relatively small area with inadequate facilities, sometimes to provide forced labor or to await mass execution.	Death Camps,Internment Camps,Camp, Concentration,Camp, Death,Camp, Internment,Camps, Concentration,Camps, Death,Camps, Internment,Concentration Camp,Death Camp,Internment Camp
D004194	Disease	A definite pathologic process with a characteristic set of signs and symptoms. It may affect the whole body or any of its parts, and its etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown.	Diseases
D005065	Euthanasia	The act or practice of killing or allowing death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)	Mercy Killing,Killing, Mercy,Killings, Mercy,Mercy Killings
D005858	Germany	A country in central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark. The capital is Berlin.
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001523	Mental Disorders	Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function.	Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders
D012950	Socialism	A system of government in which means of production and distribution of goods are controlled by the state.	Socialisms
D014858	War Crimes	Criminal acts committed during, or in connection with, war, e.g., maltreatment of prisoners, willful killing of civilians, etc.	Crime, War,Crimes, War,War Crime
D017767	Holocaust	A massive slaughter, especially the systematic mass extermination of European Jews in Nazi concentration camps prior to and during World War II.	Holocausts