8 June 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Ludwig Wijnhausen, was born in Heerlen.
In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and, after selection, murdered in a gas chamber.
Mentally and physically disabled people, as well as those perceived to have disabilities, were targeted by the Nazis because of Nazi beliefs that disabled people were a burden both to society and to the state.
Learn more during #DisabilityHistoryMonth in our short video.
https://t.co/8MA7rQpeSa ist online! Die Webseite informiert über die Geschichte der NS-Euthanasie-Verbrechen in einfacher Sprache und mit leichter Navigation. Ich habe bei diesem Projekt unglaublich viel gelernt. Danke an alle, die beim Launch dabei waren! #inklusion#teilhabe !B