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important of all, society's religious belief and love of God must
be strengthened. Someone who fears God knows that after

death he will receive a reward or punishment for his actions in
this world; someone who loves God, also loves those things He
has created. He respects and loves other people and always
behaves in a moral manner. The more such a conception
becomes rooted in society, the more that society will enjoy well-
being, peace, and progress.

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After Nazi Germany passed its racist laws, the time had
come to obtain public acceptance of eugenic measures, especial-
ly euthanasia. Various propaganda methods, with films heading
the list, were employed to bring people to believe the lie that
there is no point in making great efforts to keep harmful people
alive. Newspapers published reports and articles about how
much money was being spent on the mentally handicapped,
and how that money could be more usefully spent elsewhere.
The campaign was initiated on such a scale that it even entered
school textbooks. 129
Germany's first euthanasia measures were taken at the end
of 1938, at which time a certain Knauer from Leipzig wrote
Hitler a letter, saying that he wanted a doctor to put an end to a
child of his who was born blind, with only parts of its arms and
legs and seemed to be an idiot. In response, Hitler sent his pri-
vate physician, Professor Karl Brandt, to Leipzig, where the
child was duly put to death. 130
Hitler signed a document authorizing Karl Brandt and
Reich-leader Philip Bouhler to permit euthanasia in special
cases. The official permission, known as the "Führer-Order,"
read:
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