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1st Student's Major

Government

1st Student's College

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Students' Professional Biography

Grace Larsen is a senior political science student at Minnesota State University Mankato from Saint Cloud, Minnesota. During her junior year at MNSU, Grace took POL 437, International Conflict Resolution, where she wrote this paper for Dr. Battah. Upon graduation in May 2024, she plans to attend St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, MN to pursue a juris doctorate degree and eventually work in financial or advocacy-based law.

Mentor's Name

Dr. Leah White

Mentor's Email Address

leah.white@mnsu.edu

Mentor's Department

Honors Program

Mentor's College

Extended Learning

Abstract

The genocidal actions taken by the Third Reich during the mid-20th century were horrific and dehumanizing. While the Holocaust often focuses on the tragic genocide that occurred against the Jewish people carried out by the Third Reich, the genocide that they carried out against the disabled community is often overlooked. With the deaths of tens of thousands of disabled people occurring through this genocide, it is important to understand how this genocide occurred, without any worldwide protest. Nazi Leaders including Alfred Rosenberg, Adolf Hitler, and Ernest Rüdin used widespread cultural indoctrination to dehumanize the disabled community and horrifically justify their deaths. This system of indoctrinated beliefs, often referred to as the Volk, ultimately contributed to widespread death and discrimination of the disabled community in Europe during the mid-20th century.

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