The First into the Dark

<p>Under the Nazi regime a secret program of ‘euthanasia’ was undertaken against the sick and disabled. Known as the <em>Krankenmorde</em> (the murder of the sick) 300000 people were killed. A further 400000 were sterilised against their will. Many Complicit doctors nurses soldiers and bureaucrats would then perpetrate the holocaust.</p><p>From eyewitness accounts records and case files <em>The First into the Dark</em> narrates a history of the victims perpetrators opponents to and witnesses of the <em>Krankenmorde</em> and reveals deeper implications for contemporary society: moral values and ethical challenges in end of life decisions reproduction and contemporary genetics disability and human rights and in remembrance and atonement for the past.</p>