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GCSE History · key term
A Nazi programme chiefly targeting adults with disabilities in institutions for murder, authorised by Hitler in October 1939. It was distinct from the child killing programme begun in 1939.
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Revise: Persecution of MinoritiesThe child killing programme was distinct from Aktion T4, which chiefly targeted adult patients in institutions. Hitler authorised the expansion of killing to adults in October 1939, although his written authorisation was backdated to 1 September 1939. The Nazis disguised murder as ‘euthanasia’, or ‘mercy death’.
Paper 1
The code name for the centrally organised Nazi murder programme targeting adult patients with disabilities, authorised in 1939, with killings beginning in 1940.
Distinguish the child killing programme begun in 1939 from the separate adult programme, Aktion T4, authorised in October 1939.
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The child killing programme should be distinguished from Aktion T4, the centrally organised programme targeting adult patients with disabilities. Hitler authorised the adult programme in autumn 1939, backdating his authorisation to 1 September. Its centralised killings began in 1940, beyond this lesson’s main 1933–1939 period.