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This 8 page paper provides an overview of the role of the medical community in the Holocaust. A number of primary and secondary sources are presented. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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diminish in its significance (Bourgois, 2002). While the general population may not reference the events of the Holocaust outside of the realm of modern films and reflections in historical
fiction, the historical force and significance of the Holocaust should not be forgotten. The startling reality of the Hitler regime is that many people benefited from the genocide
and torturous acts impacting the Jews in Germany during the first half of the 20th century. Under Hitlers direction, the mass genocide, the creation of methods for human destruction,
the use of human subject populations, and the euthanizing of the handicapped were all supported by a medical community that benefited from human experimentation. The medical community not only
supported some elements of the Final Solution, Hitlers proposal for human extermination, but some in this community were instrumentally involved in the creation of methods and their application. The
mass destruction of the Holocaust was created within a medical model and the destructive impact of the Final solution was magnified by the role of medicine (Bourgois, 2002). In
fact, has been argued that the complicity of the medical establishment, from the scientists who used Jews as human subjects for the worst of experiments to those who professed the
need for eugenics based on the application of racial segmentation and views of humans considered biological inferior by the medical establishment (Bourgois, 2002). A historical view of the Holocaust
and its implications as well as the application of a knowledge of history in the prevention of future similar events are reasons for enhancing an understanding of the role of
the medical profession in the Holocaust. Background When the Nazis seized power in Germany in 1933, plans were put into place
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