It was extremely emotional to me to visit Court Room 600 in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany on December 6, 2023. Most people...

I was able to meet with Dr. Sabrina Freund, the research assistant at the Chair of the History of Medicine at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and...

I'm leaving tomorrow for a trip to some of the prettiest (so I'm told) Germany Christmas Markets! Our German Club, the Baltimore Kickers...

Even with the war going on, rumors started to circulate that something nefarious was happening to people with disabilities. Patients...

In honor of the American holiday, Thanksgiving, I thought a post about Tante Ruth's family would be appropriate. Not only does Tante Ruth...

A friend brough this link to my attention. Getty Images is trying to sell a photo of me holding a copyrighted photo of Tante Ruth!...

View of Neinstedter Anstalten on a vintage postcard. After a year of living at home with her family, Neinstedt Hospital contacted Ruth's...

Ruth’s family did not have the means to own a car, so when they would come to visit her at Neinstedt, or to pick her up for the either...

School where Ruth attended classes at Neinstedt.  Originally named after the Swiss educator, Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi.  One of his...

Neinstedter Anstalten, the hospital where Ruth lived from 1931-1934 and then again from 1935-1941, had a huge impact on Ruth's life. Due...

“The first group targeted were the handicapped. They were excluded by being institutionalized, but this was not enough...Excluded,...

This blog post is much longer than my typical posts, but it is very helpful if you need background on the Rise of Hitler in Germany...

There are terms used in this blog and the book to describe physically and intellectually disabled persons or institutions that are...

Ruth Rosa Luise Mühlmann was born on the second floor of the family home on a hot, clear July day in 1920 in the Magdeburg neighborhood...

Eugenics Propaganda. Public Domain. The term eugenics means the “practice or advocacy of controlled selective breeding (as through...

This blog post is a bit of a reprieve from the heavy topic of Aktion T4 and an interesting bit of history I found while doing my...

Stuttgart postcard belonging to Elsbeth Perlitz. As I described in my previous post, at the age of 18, my grandmother, Elsbeth Perlitz,...

Elsbeth Emma Perlitz, possibly 1932. Ruth's story would have been lost in the numerous horror stories of WWII if not for my grandmother,...

“There’s no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back to the way they were.” Dwight D. Eisenhower Emma Anna...

English translation of order pictured below: “Reich Leader Bouhler and Dr. Brandt are entrusted with the responsibility of extending the...