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The Würgengel
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If it is once admitted that men have the right to kill "unproductive" fellow-men—even though it is applied only to poor and defenseless mentally ill patients—then the way is open for the murder of all unproductive men and women . . . Who could then have confidence in a doctor? . . . It does not bear thinking of, the moral depravity, the universal distrust which will spread even in the bosom of the family, if this terrible doctrine is tolerated, accepted and put into practice.
—Bishop von Galen, Münster, Germany, August 3, 19411(p191)
In 1938, Carl Schneider (1891-1946), professor and chairman of the department of psychiatry and neurology of the University of Heidelberg, Germany, provided the National Socialists (Nazis) with works from the Prinzhorn collection2 of artistry of the mentally ill. These works were to be displayed along with those of modern artists, especially German Expressionists such as George Grosz3 and Otto Dix,4 in the traveling exhibit . . . [Full Text of this Article]
James C. Harris, MD
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Angelus novus.
Harris
Arch Gen Psychiatry 2006;63:1177-1177.
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