[lbo-talk] Stockhausen, and useless eaters

[Marta Russell]

I'm not sure what you mean by "origin" but it arose out of the Nazi's  
hatred and disgust for disabled people -- not the supermen they  
thought they were.  They were committing eugenicide after birth.  Marta

On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:54 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:


> RIP Karlheinz Stockhausen. Listening to Klavierstuck XIII as a
> memorial. Poor guy will probably be most remembered for that 9/11
> remark.
>
> I just read in his Wikipedia bio that his mother, who'd suffered a
> psychotic breakdown, was killed by the Nazis as a "useless eater."
> Anyone know the original German for this appalling term?
>
> Doug
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