After prominent German religious leaders protested, Hitler put an end to the program in August 1941, though killings of the disabled continued in secrecy, and by 1945 some 275,000 people deemed handicapped from all over Europe had been killed. In hindsight, it seems clear that the Euthanasia Program functioned as a pilot for the Holocaust.

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Cassie Stout

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21 March, 16:58

After prominent German religious leaders protested, Hitler put an end to the program in August 1941, though killings of the disabled continued in secrecy, and by 1945 some 275,000 people deemed handicapped from all over Europe had been killed. In hindsight, it seems clear that the Euthanasia Program functioned as a pilot for the Holocaust.

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Philip Oconnell · Answer 1

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Adolf Hitler was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. The notorious dictator rose to power and prominence and during his reign in 1939, his Nazi officials selected over seventy thousand people in Germany institutionalized for mental illness to be put to death through their Euthanasia Program.

When the protests came through, Hitler decided to put out the program but continued to kill disabled people secretly, and over 275,000 handicapped people were killed.