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Question: Would people who had Polio in their youth and now had a limp be targeted by the Nazis during the Holocaust!?
Because I remember reading somewhere that people with defects were targeted, so would this be an example!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Potentially!.

The Nazis believed in racial purity!. They thought that genetic defects were introduced by procreating with lesser people of non-Aryan race!. So, they executed people who seemed to have in-bred defects!.

Disabilities that result from disease, like polio, or injury might not have been viewed in the same light!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Likely enough!.
The Nazis were not exactly intellectual giants,
or medically sophisticated!.!.
Any perceived defect could have been targeted!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

definitely See more about f disabled persons on www!. ushmm!.org; in addition see :Remember_The_Holocaust@yahoogroups!.comWww@QuestionHome@Com

I believe that is totally possible, because Hitler did not want to breed "handicapped" people!.!.!.so it was probably most likely that they were targeted!.Www@QuestionHome@Com