yr11_nazis_undesirables

"A male who indulges in criminally indecent behavior with another male, or who allows himself to participate in such activity, will be punished with imprisonment." The "ideal" Aryan race man could not be a homosexual. Hitler's main excuse for this was that homosexuality went against the Law of Moses. || Yet again, disabled people were considered vey weak and Hitler thought that it was best to get rid of them. || UKTV http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/homobg.html || same as left || same as left ||
 * || TRAMPS || HOMOSEXUALS || THE DISABLED ||
 * 1. What did the Nazis do? || In September 1933, "Beggars' Week" was organised in which 100,000 homeless people were taken into custody although most of them were then released. Before and during the war, like all over "racially inferior" people, they were often persecuted and taken to concentration camps with no further judicial process. || Later on, when Paragraph 175 had become harsher, the Gestapo would often raid homosexual bars and other meeting places. Approaching the war, any men caught "behaving indecently" were sent to concentration camps and they were made to wear the "Pink Trianlge" for which they suffered much abuse. || A sterilization process began in 1934. A big part of this took place in places such as the Spiegelgrund Children's Hospital where disabled and autistic children were often killed with cyanide. ||
 * 2. Why did they do this? || They were considered as a waste of time, although they were no where near as bad as the Jews. Tramps and vagrants were considered to be "racially inferior". The fact that they had no money, no homes and often no families as well as the fact that they that they relied pn other people's money to survive was considered a weakness. || Homosexuality went against Nazi law. Paragraph 175 stated:
 * 3. Evidence of Success? || By carrying out the earlier mentioned tasks, the Nazis managed to create their "master" Aryan race which excluded Jews, homosexuals, vagrants, disabled people and many more. || same as left || same as left ||
 * 4. Evidence of Failure || Although the creation of this race was encouraged by some people, it scared others and was discouraged. In fact, Hitler stopped the Euthanasia program because of public pressure. || same as left || same as left ||
 * 5. Top Three Websites for further research || Wikipedia