HOW (NOT) TO EXTERMINATE A DISABLED PERSON – then and now

Presentation of historical research on the participation of disabled people in the National Resistance | Discussion on disability and the far right today

liminal in collaboration with Gedenkort T4, the Point for the Study and Counteraction of the Far Right and the historian Iasonas Chandrinos organizes the event “HOW (NOT) TO EXTERMINATE A DISABILITY – then and now ” combining historical research with the analysis of contemporary forms of ableism and discrimination, on Friday 29 November, at 20:00 at Impact Hub Athens (28 Karaiskaki Street, Psirri).

On a black background in large capital white letters appears the title of the event: how to exterminate a disabled person. On a white background in front, the detailed information in black letters: HOW (NOT) TO EXTERMINATE A DISABLED PERSON - then and now. Presentation of historical research on the participation of disabled people in the National Resistance | Discussion on disability and the far right today Discussed by Iasonas Chandrinos, historical researcher and Ioanna Maitani from Point. Cool Crips: Spyros Dantanidis and Grigoris Chrysikos. Friday 29 November at 20:00 at Impact Hub Athens (28 Karaiskaki Street, Psirri). There will be interpretation in Greek Sign Language. The venue is accessible to wheelchair users.

then

At the event, historian Iasonas Chandrinos presents his research on the resistance movement of war invalids during the Occupation (1941-1944) and the repression by the occupation government, culminating in the blockade of hospitals in Athens by collaborators of the Occupation forces on the 30th of November 1943. At the same time, he sheds light on the fate of Greek political prisoners in the Nazi euthanasia centres created as part of the eugenic “cleansing” of German society.

Engraving black and white work. It depicts a battle scene where people are lying on the ground. In front a man with his lower limbs cut off and his eyes covered opens his shirt and exposes his chest in front of men in uniform pointing their rifles at him.

and now

Ioanna Maitani from the Point for the Study and Confrontation of the Far Right discusses with the cool crips, Spyros Dantanidis and Grigoris Chrysikos, about contemporary forms of ableism and the Far Right. They examine hate speech and exclusion policies targeting disabled people today and the dimensions these take in contemporary societies.

Worthy to be remembered: Honouring Disabled Victims of Nazi Persecution in Greece and Germany

The event is part of the project “Worthy to be remembered: Honouring Disabled Victims of Nazi Persecution in Greece and Germany”).

The project is implemented by liminal in cooperation with Gedenkort T4, the Point for the Study and Confrontation of the Far Right and the historian Iason Chandrinos and is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs from resources of the German-German Fund for the Future.

The project aspires to contribute to further research on the role of war disabled people in the National Resistance and the Nazi persecution against them, the commemoration of historical events and disabled victims, the dissemination of scientific knowledge, intercultural exchange and the development of a shared historical culture between Greece and Germany, as well as the connection with contemporary forms of ableism from the far right, in an effort to combat racist attitudes.

Information about the event

HOW (NOT) TO EXTERMINATE A DISABLED PERSON – then and now Friday 29 November 2024 at 20:00 at Impact Hub Athens, 28 Karaiskaki Street, 10552, Athens, Greece Free entrance.

The space is accessible to wheelchair users. There will be simultaneous interpretation in Greek Sign Language.