Gypsies

In 1935, German Gypsies were confined to Ghettos and later during World War II to concentration camps where they were gassed, cremated or shot before firing squads, used as medical guinea pigs, and injected with lethal substances. .
             The deportations and executions of the Gypsies came under Hammer's authority. On December 16, 1942, Hammer issued an order to send all Gypsies to the concentration camps, with a few exceptions. The deported Gypsies were sent to Auschwitz-Burkina, where a special Gypsy camp was erected. Over 20,000 Gypsies from Germany and some other parts of Europe were sent to this camp, and most of them were gassed there.
             The Euthanasia Programs .
             Euthanasia, also known as "mercy killings", is the terminating of ones' life because of an illness; and if this person was not able to make the decision for him or herself, a relative did the decision. When the Nazis got hold of euthanasia, they turned the meaning into the "destruction of worthless life." If they did not see you fit, or of use to them, they would terminate you. The idea of the "destruction of worthless life" did not first come from Hitler and his Nazi party; it came from a man named Professor Karl Binding. He wrote his views and ideas in his book entitled Permission for the Destruction of Worthless Life, Its Extent and Form, which was published around the 1920's. In his book, he writes about 'living burdens" that translates into German as Ballastexistenzen. According to Binding three certain groups should be killed. The first group being those who had eventually painful terminating illnesses. The second group was the "incurable lunatics", in other words, those in mental institutions, because of the fact that they were too expensive to take care of. Finally, the last group of people were those through certain circumstances lose their "consciousness". .
             Hitler in order to justify euthanasia gave it a Darwinist Twist. "Since human life was a struggle for the survival of the fittest, then 'performance' had to be an essential requirement for all its citizens.