{"product_id":"charles-edward-of-saxe-coburg-alan-r-rushton-9781527513402","title":"Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg: The German Red Cross and the Plan to Kill \"Unfit\" Citizens 1933-1945","description":"Charles Edward was ruler of the German Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, president of the German Red Cross, and the grandson of Queen Victoria. He was closely allied with the rise of Adolf Hitler and the implementation of eugenic policies designed to improve German racial health. When war began in 1939, Hitler ordered a secret program of murder by poison gas and starvation to eliminate the mentally and physically handicapped â oeballast people⠝; approximately 250,000 people were eventually killed. \u003cp\u003eReaders in medicine, law, sociology and history will be interested in this tragic story of a weak-willed, but powerful Nazi leader who facilitated this murderous program, even though one of his own relatives died in the â oeeuthanasia⠝ scheme. Although Charles Edward traveled to neutral countries during the war, he did nothing to broadcast the inhumane treatment of his own and thousands of other families whose relatives disappeared into the murder machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan R. Rushton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1527513408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781527513402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge Scholars Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alan R. Rushton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48518800539903,"sku":"9781527513402","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eae48251-d599-4d18-8843-d97d5166ad80.jpg?v=1778735697","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/charles-edward-of-saxe-coburg-alan-r-rushton-9781527513402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}