Kat, that doesn't surprise me.  The U.S. sterilized pwd's and other
marginalized members of society in the 1920's and '30's.  This was
indirectly responsible for the "Little Holocaust" of Nazi Germany in which
more than 500,000 pwd's were killed before the big one of 6 million Jews. 

 

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From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Kathleen Salkin
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 12:30 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Shocking Revelation

Now, some of you Aussies (or WWII history buffs) might have known of  
this sort of thing:

http://www.answers.com/topic/f-gwynplaine-macintyre

But I must admit this is the first I have ever heard of such a thing  
- child slave labor in Australia after the war!  True, this poor  
man's family took his name, his birthright and his freedom away from  
him because he was disabled but this is sadly all too common in third  
world countries.  I cannot conceive of a  forward-thinking country  
like Australia utilising child slave labour, especially in the 20th  
Century.  I find it just as inconceivable that a British family  
should allow such a thing to happen to their child when government  
assistance was available. (Or was it back then, in 1954, Deri?)

Any comments on this from the Australians on this list?

The irony of the whole thing is, his family tried to reconcile with  
him, only to have him find out that they only wanted a kidney for his  
non-disabled fraternal twin brother.  What selfish creatures!

Kat

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