EP. 943: NAZI EUGENICS, EUTHANASIA AND PSYCHIATRY'S TROUBLED HISTORY ft. SUSANNE ANTONETTA

THIS IS REVOLUTION ＞podcast · Oct 22, 2026 · 58m

Get Susanne's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/.../the-devils-castle.../ In The Devil’s Castle, Susanne Paola Antonetta weaves a haunting narrative that confronts the darkest chapters of psychiatric history while offering a bold vision for the future of mental health care. In 1939, the eugenics movement growing throughout the West did its worst in Nazi Germany. Through the Aktion T4 euthanasia program, five asylums and an abandoned jail were transformed into gas chambers. Tens of thousands of lives—predominantly adults with neuropsychiatric conditions—were extinguished in those…