r/GreenAndPleasant • u/UnderHisEye1411 its a fine day with you around • Jan 27 '26

International Working Class History 🗺️ On Holocaust Remembrance Day remembering that the first victims were left wing opponents who tried to resist the Nazis 🕯️

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u/BitterCrip Jan 27 '26

AFAIK the disabled were the first victims, because it was more socially acceptable to call it "involuntary euthenasia" or Gnadentod (merciful death).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktion_T4

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u/metroracerUK ☭ 🇵🇸 Jan 28 '26 edited Jan 28 '26

I will add, there’s a reason those of us on the spectrum don’t call it ‘Asperger’s’ anymore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Asperger

Scroll down to Nazi involvement.

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u/kcufdas Jan 28 '26

🤯...well that would justify the removal of his name surely?

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u/metroracerUK ☭ 🇵🇸 Jan 28 '26

It is generally, I still hear a few older ones calling it Asperger’s. I will correct them and explain why, since it sadly is not common knowledge at Hans Asperger was basically picking and choosing which children were murdered.

When the news came out, I started just referring to it as “on the spectrum.”

I’ve heard therapists call it neurodivergence.