The Story of Different Minds  ·  Action T4

Life Unworthy of Life

The phrase and logic behind Nazi disability murder.

The most dangerous phrase is the one that decides a life has no worth.

Simple version

Action T4 targeted disabled people and psychiatric patients through the idea that some lives were not worth living.

Why it matters

This logic was not a side issue. It was central to Nazi racial and biological policy.

Awareverse lens

Awareverse stands completely against any system that ranks human worth.

Question to ask

When looking at life unworthy of life, ask: who had power, who was being labelled, and what would have changed if the human being had been seen first?

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