Deaf Reflection - Coursework Example

Deaf Reflection The sterilization law, the Law for the Prevention of offspring with Hereditary Diseases was the corner stone of the famous Nazi’s eugenics movement (Biesold 141). This law called for the forceful sterilization and at times murder of the deaf. The law systematically turned the deaf into Nazi officials. Nurses, teachers, doctors and social workers carried out these processes (Biesold 142). The law made many deaf persons to abort pregnancies, and some were murdered. The teachers forwarded many deaf to the Nazi authorities (Biesold 142).

How could the only persons the students entrust for support and care be the same persons to subject them to this torture? I feel that the teachers ought to protect the deaf students. This is because they better understood the deaf student than any other person did. There were no register for the deaf in the country, therefore; the authorities would not have accounted for any deaf student missing (Biesold 143). I feel disappointed with some Nazi educationalist. I believe that educationalist can understand the right of every child and the importance of education.

I get disappointed when some Nazi educationalist questioned the education of the deaf, terming it as wasteful, instead of enlightening the officials to promote the deaf education. Doctors terminated pregnancies to prevent the birth of deaf children (Biesold 144). It is beyond anyone’s control not to give birth to a deaf child. Doctors ought to understand this fact more than anyone else does. I feel horrified to learn that doctors risked the lives of the mother and their unborn child by performing an abortion of six months!

The doctors were not sure that the unborn child is deaf. This practice was unfair and uncalled for, bringing pain and misery n the lives of the expecting mothers and their families (Biesold 145). Many deaf couples do not have children. This has made their lives unbearable and lonely. The horrific and sinister turns of events of 1939 were unbearable. Nazi authority killed deaf persons (Biesold 145). The authority referred to them as ‘useless eaters’. I feel that the government instead of referring to any person as, ‘useless’ they should at least show concern because it is not for their wish to be born in that condition.

A government should protect her citizen and Nazi government should have stood to their initial policy of protecting and providing for their citizen (Biesold 146). This trauma is stilled craved in many persons memory. It is evident that the deaf victims who survived this horrific ordeal are living a lonely and terrified life (Biesold 151). The thousand deaf deaths make me have cold terrified chills. The event left permanent scars on the surviving victims. Every scar reminds the victims of torture and the horrible deaths they survived, and I would not wish anyone or any other nation to experience a similar experience.

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