The website "Learning from History" is a publication platform
for educational projects (realized in schools and in out-of-school, youth education) dedicated to the history
of Poland and its neighbors in the 20th century.
"Euthanasia" at Bernburg : Mass Murder of the Aged and Infirm
Location / Region: Bernburg
Institution: Gedenkstätte für Opfer der NS-"Euthanasie" Bernburg
Patron / Project supervision: Ute Hoffmann
Project authors: Ute Hoffmann
Age group: High school
Contact:

Dr. Ute Hoffmann, c/o Fachkrankenhaus für Psychiatrie und Neurologie
Gedenkstätte für Opfer der NS-"Euthanasie" Bernburg
Olga-Benario-Str. 16/18
D- 06406 Bernburg
phone:+49 (0) 34 71/31 98 16
fax:+49 (0) 34 71/31 98 16

Didactic text

Handling this subject in schools requires sensitivity to physical and mental disabilities, as well as the clarification of concepts such as "illness," "health," and "quality of life," before visiting the historical sites. Confronting the gas chamber at Bernburg makes it possible to realize the terror of the victims during their last moments of life, as well as to come to terms with the ...

Documents
Methodologhy
Historical inspection
Researching local history
Interpreting historical documents
Field trip to a memorial site
Creating local historical references
Subjects
Nazism
"Euthanasia" program
Action T4
Handicapped
Race hygiene (Rassenhygiene)