Who were the primary victims of the T4 Program?

The T4 Program primarily targeted disabled individuals and those with chronic illnesses who were deemed "unworthy of life" by the Nazi regime. This program, officially known as Aktion T4, was aimed at eliminating those who were considered to be a burden on society and the state due to their physical or mental disabilities. This horrific initiative represented a chilling manifestation of Nazi ideologies concerning racial purity and eugenics, asserting that only those deemed "healthy" had the right to exist.

The implementation of the T4 Program involved systematic extermination methods, and it ultimately led to the deaths of tens of thousands of individuals through gas chambers, lethal injection, and starvation. This targeted approach underscored the regime's broader commitment to a vision of an Aryan master race and the elimination of those who did not fit within their narrow definition of usefulness or health.

The other groups mentioned, while victims of Nazi oppression, were not the primary focus of the T4 Program specifically. Political dissidents and prisoners of war encountered persecution and violence, Jewish individuals faced genocide during the Holocaust, and children from disadvantaged backgrounds had their own grim experiences, but these groups were not the principal targets of the euthanasia efforts that characterized the T4 initiatives.