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Medical doctors helped in Holocaust BY ANDREW NELSON In Nazi Germany, some of the most horrific crimes of the Holocaust were committed by a profession that has, as part of its oath, the phrase “do no harm.” Patricia Heberer, a historian at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, spoke in the Nebraska Union Auditorium on Thursday night Heberer talked about med ical experiments and euthana sia committed by German doc tors against various people the Nazis considered undesirable. Heberer said the philosophy allowing medical experiments grew from the eugenics move ment of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Eugenics advocated three things, she said. The first was to discover and document heredi tary characteristics that con tributed to social problems. The second was to find biological solutions to social problems. The third was to campaign actively for public policy meas ures. Eugenics fell from grace in the 1930s, Heberer said, every where except Germany. After the Nazis took power in the 1930s, the eugenics philoso phy combined with the Nazi racial philosophy led to public policy requiring the compulsive sterilization of “socially undesir able people,” the murder of the physically and mentally handi capped and the ultimate mur der of 6 million Jews. A form was circulated among the medical profession by the German government. The purpose of this form was sup posedly for statistical data, but it had a more diabolical purpose - which was to eliminate the mentally, physically or geneti cally unfit. By 1945 German physicians had murdered 200,000 to 250,000 mentally and physically handicapped people. Heberer said the Nuremberg Thais gave rise to a myth that the medical professionals who took part in the medical experiments were quacks. “This perception, which was widely held, could not be further from the truth,” Heberer said. The medical professionals, in most cases, came from respectable medical back grounds and were not forced to participate in the crimes like they claimed. “Scholars of the era have pointed out, I think effectively, that medical professionals did not participate in Nazi war crimes under duress,” Heberer said. This leads to the question: Why did the physicians partici pate? Heberer said 50 percent of the medical physicians in Germany were members of the Nazi party, which was more then any other free profession. The majority of participants saw being involved with the Nazis as a good career move. Many of them were young, and Gore calls for Florida recount THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The scrutiny of Florida's pres idential vote broadened Thursday as supporters of Vice President A1 Gore compiled examples of alleged irregularities and initiated an Internet cam paign to encourage a new vote in Palm Beach County. While a confusing ballot in Palm Beach County generated the most attention, Democratic Party officials, Gore campaign aides and the NAACP compiled fast-growing lists of complaints. Two lawsuits were filed in state court seeking a new vote in Palm Beach County. The Democratic Party and Gore cam paign weighed their own law suits. Among alleged irregularities: ■Polls closed while people were still in line in Tampa. ■Voters were denied ballots on grounds that their precinct had changed. ■Some election officials refused to allow translators in voting booths for Haitian Americans in Miami. ■Hispanic voters in Osceola County alleged they were required to produce two kinds of identification when one was required. Voters in Osceola County in central Florida said they, too, were confused by their ballots. “We went to vote and the bal lot would not line up with the names correctly," said Joette Tindell, 33, a teacher from St. Cloud, Fla. Robin Lee Taylor, 18, of Kissimmee, Fla., said she had trouble fitting her ballot in the proper position for the hole punch. “I hope I voted for Gore. I could have punched the wrong hole,” she said. The county said it wouldn’t take any official action unless it receives a formal complaint The Florida Highway Patrol found itself answering questions after troopers set up checkpoints near a polling area outside Tallahassee in an area with many black voters. Troopers said they failed to get approval for the location or to publicize it in advance, but did not intend to scare away voters. On the Internet, Democrats.com, a Web site not affiliated with the Democratic National Committee, launched ThrstThePeople.com, where vot ers in Palm Beach could down load an affidavit, which they could sign and send election offi cials protesting the vote. The site had collected over a thousand affidavits by late Thursday after noon, according to a site admin istrator. Another site, ActForChange.com, offered a form in which Internet users cohld e-mail Florida election director Clay Roberts directly to demand a revote. “We expect legal challenges,” Roberts told a news conference. He said Secretary of State Katherine Harris, as the state’s chief elections officer, will defend any lawsuit Harris was among 140 Florida residents who campaigned on behalf of Bush last January in New Hampshire. Because of his vested interest in the election outcome, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the Republican nominee’s younger brother, dis qualified himself from the elec tion panel that will certify results of the recount The governor was replaced on the panel by Agriculture Secretary Bob Crawford, a Democrat who supported Jeb Bush in the 1998 election. If a court orders new voting in Palm Beach County, it wouldn't be die first time for Florida. In 1998, a Miami judge ordered a new election in that city’s mayoral contest, citing “a pattern of fraudulent, intentional and criminal conduct” involving absentee votes. A few days later, an appeals court ruled that no new election was needed. Rather, the court threw out all 4,500 absentee bal lots, reversing the initial result of the balloting. Adora Obi Nweze, president oftheNAACP in Florida, said offi cials in her Miami precinct tried to deny her a ballot because she had been sent an absentee ballot earlier. The civil rights leader said she never received the mailing and demanded to vote. "You can take me to jail or let me vote," she said she told coun ty officials. She eventually was allowed to sign an affidavit swearing she had not previously voted. si Mug Night si Mini Pizza Every Wednesday from 8pm to midnight upstairs only 2 for I Calzones Ail day Sunday 626'9'StrMt • 1402}477-2277 it was a way up - not to mention a way to avoid front-line service. Alexis Haifley, a senior English and pre-medicine major, said she thought Heberer’s remarks stressed the importance of making sure peo ple enter the medical profession for the right reasons. “It really reinforced for me that it’s really important for medical-school admissions to look at why someone wants to be a physician," she said. Medical students need to be aware of the psychic numbing possible with their patients. After World War II, medical schools began using the Holocaust as an extreme exam ple of doctors distancing them selves from patients every day. “After several cases of treat ing cancer, you’re not motivated in the same way as with your ini tial cases," Heberer said. FUN WIGHT AT THE REC1I Friday, November 10, 2000 5pm-9pm Campus Recreation Center x * -it ' Climbing Wall-FREE 6-7:30pm Court 6—Table Tennis Tourney 5:30pm Pool Games—6-7:30-pm Dive In Movie—7:45pm FREE Pizza!! 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KSU, 4 general admission, best offer received by 9pm Friday, November 10. Call (785) 778-8043 or email cw3bonesOyahoo.com. KSU-NU Big 12 Championship We have tickets! Ace Sports & Tickets Oak Park Mall, Overland Park, KS 1-800-223-6024 Mon.-Sat. 9am-9pm, Sunday 11 am-6pm 270 Ticket Exchange Need 1 ticket to Colorado game. Call 994-2393. OpenSeats.com For NO season and bowl game tickets. Buy or sell your tickets on OpenSeats.com. It’s tans helping fans on the net. Two NU/CU tickets. Excellent student seats, can validate. Best offer. Leave message 467-5669, Joe. Wanted: Four Validated Student Tickets for Col orado game. Call 325-8799. 290 Vehicles For Sale 1996 Ford Taurus. Excellent car for any purpose, only 61,000 miles $6750.00 obo. Call or e-mail Stephen at 438-8553, shinned Obigred. ‘95 Tercel 2 door auto $3,750. ‘94 Sentra 4 door. Auto, power. $3,850. ‘91 Protege 4 door. 5 speed $2,150. Others available. Baer’s Auto Sales. 1647 South 3rd. 477-6442. Sell your CAR or TRUCK with pictures FREE on the internet at www.ezcarfocator.com. iOOsSWffctt 300 Adoption A young professional couple offering an abundance of love, happiness and security looks forward to adopting your newborn. Ex penses paid. Call Dianne and Scott, 1-888-396-4686. 365 Legal Services Auto Accidents & DWI Other criminal matters, call Sanford Pollack, 476-7474. Automobile Accidents Call Dean Law Office, 17 years insurance claims experience, 435-2424. DWI/MIP/POSSESSION And other legal services. Free initial consulta tion. Savarda & Klaasmeyer, 477-4520. i 370 Misc. Services BARTENDERS MAKE $100-$25G PER NIGHT! NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! CALL NOW!! 1 -800-981 -8168 ext. 9073. For all your insurance needs: auto, home, health, life and business, call Jim Wallace at American Family Insurance, 1340 L St., Lincoln, NE 68508 or call 402-474-5077. Work from Home. Up to $25-$75 PT/FT. 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