Nazi eugenics
In 1933, Adolf Hitler ordered the sterilisation of people with disabilities
Witness History · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
In July 1933, the new German Chancellor, Adolf Hitler, passed 'The Law for the Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Diseases'.
It required the sterilisation of Germans with physical and mental disabilities. Helga Gross was one of those sterilised.
Ben Henderson uncovers archive interviews from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, recorded in 2003.
(Photo: Helga Gross as a child. Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)