Deaf People in Hitler's Europe Paperback – December 6, 2002

A very useful and moving collection of essays and articles that shine a light on this under-reported aspect of the horrors of the Nazi regime. Factually very substantial as well as providing solid analysis that collects the dots between Nazi theories of "racial hygiene" as applied to disabled people of German descent as well as to those of so-called "inferior" races. A brave and intelligent book. My thanks to the editors and scholars, and most of all to the courageous survivors for the gift of their stories.

I bought this book for a book report for my Deaf History and Education class. I thought it was an interesting read, but it did have a slow start. I had just finished reading Crying Hands and was bummed to have an excerpt from Crying Hands in this book ( I wanted other views). Too bad in high school or college classes this topic is not discussed. You only ever hear about the Jewish people murdered - teachers tend to leave out the other groups.

Very sad, a lot more happened than we are taught about. Well written.

good

Really good read to see the deevolution of the Deaf community during the holocaust.

"Deaf People in Hitler's Europe" is a collection of articles about the experiences of deaf individuals (both hereditary and non-hereditary) in Nazi Germany and Hungary, and how the Nazi eugenics doctrine viewed them as not worthy of resources and targeted them for extermination. There are some horrifying revelations in this book, such as the willingness of teachers and doctors to assist in selecting the individuals to have murdered, and the parents who volunteered their own children for murder. But, since the book is a collection of articles, some of the material is repetitive and slow-moving as the same material is introduced again and again. However, the subject is compelling and needs more study.

The book has some scratching.I was expecting more text rather than so man graphics and estatistics