Victims of Nazi 'Euthanasia' Killings Commemorated in Berlin

Some 300,000 people with physical or mental disabilities who were killed under Nazi Germany's “euthanasia” program because their lives were deemed unworthy were commemorated on Tuesday with the opening of a memorial in Berlin. Relatives of the victims joined Mayor Klaus Wowereit and members of the public to lay wreaths and white roses in front of the 30-meter-(100-foot)-long, blue glass wall of the open-air memorial and permanent exhibition. “The Nazi murders of disabled people are...

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