Check here : http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernichtung_durch_Arbeit
"Homosexuelle, als "Asoziale" denunzierte Unangepasste, Sinti und Roma, als "Arbeitsscheue" Beschuldigte, Alte und Kranke galten als "nutzlose Esser" und "unnutzer Ballast"."
-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]On Behalf Of Doug Henwood Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 20:29 To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Stockhausen, and useless eaters
I meant the term in the original German, not the original Nazi conception, which is pretty clear.
On Dec 8, 2007, at 1:56 PM, Marta Russell wrote:
> 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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