Diagnoses That Matter: My Great-Grandmother's Murder as One Deemed 'Unworthy of Living' and Its Impact on Our Family

Authors

  • Andreas Hechler

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v37i2.5573

Abstract

This is an English translation of an article originally published in German on the T4 "euthanasia" program targeting disabled people during the Third Reich. The essay examines the contours of ableism in Germany that have allowed these killings to remain unreported and uncommemorated. The author focuses on the murder of his great-grandmother and its effects on four generations of his family. This essay provides a vital historical record as well as a model for reflecting upon and understanding the legacy of the Holocaust and the persistence of ableism.

Translated into English by Elizabeth C. Hamilton and Leo R. Kalkbrenner.

The original German essay was previously published in a series called Gegendiagnose. Beiträge zur radikalen Kritik an Psychologie und Psychiatrie. Psycho_Gesundheitspolitik im Kapitalismus. Vol. 1. Münster: edition-assemblage. August 2015.

 

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Published

2017-06-01

How to Cite

Hechler, A. (2017). Diagnoses That Matter: My Great-Grandmother’s Murder as One Deemed ’Unworthy of Living’ and Its Impact on Our Family. Disability Studies Quarterly, 37(2). https://doi.org/10.18061/dsq.v37i2.5573

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Resisting Diagnosis