EP. 943: NAZI EUGENICS, EUTHANASIA AND PSYCHIATRY'S TROUBLED HISTORY ft. SUSANNE ANTONETTA

Get Susanne's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../the-devils-castle.../ In The Devil’s Castle, Susanne Paola Antonetta weaves a haunting narrative that confronts the darkest chapters of psychiatric history while offering a bold vision for the future of mental health care. In 1939, the eugenics movement growing throughout the West did its worst in Nazi Germany. Through the Aktion T4 euthanasia program, five asylums and an abandoned jail were transformed into gas chambers. Tens of thousands of lives—predominantly adults with neuropsychiatric conditions—were extinguished in those structures, ultimately paving the way for the horrors of the Holocaust. Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497 Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents ? Nü TIR Merch store: <a href='https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftirmerchstore.myshopify.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAcGRvZgVicmlkETFhMHptcGJJSjRlWlF2b2pVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHo4R9eZB-memJbeiXRCwruR61MJMH-5cwxv2FOX694rNsWi5q5dTPKKq3Uyt_aem_Gt2w34m2GxO_xWEWVW7cKQ&h=AUDiWKkFiYyuh_XZw3sjxClz9L