Crying Hands: Eugenics and Deaf People in Nazi Germany

Contents

Contents Publisher’s Introduction vii Preface to the German Edition xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Henry Friedlander 1 From Social Darwinism to National Socialism 13 2 The Concept of Hereditary Deafness under National Socialism 28 3 Teacher-Collaborators 42 4 Forced Abortions 84 5 Deaf Collaboration: REGEDE 91 6 Deaf Resistance 109 7 The Jewish Deaf in Germany 130 8 Sterilization’s Legacy 140 9 Euthanasia and Deaf Germans 160 v Appendix 1: The Questionnaire 171 Appendix 2: Questionnaire Data 175 Appendix 3: Documents Written by and in Support of Gertrud Jacob 184 Notes 189 Author’s Bibliography 211 Selected Bibliography in English 219 Index 223 vi Contents ...