Question

46, an american military court tried german doctors and administrators for their participation in war crimes and crimes against humanity. this is one of the criminal charges against them. between september 1939 and april 1945 all of the defendants carl brandt, blome, brack, and hoven unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly committed war crimes... in that they... ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and enterprises involving the execution of the so - called euthanasia program of the german reich in the course of which the defendants herein murdered hundreds of thousands of human beings. this program involved the systematic and secret execution of the aged, insane, incurably ill, of deformed children, and other persons, by gas, lethal injections... in nursing homes, hospitals, and asylums. such persons were regarded as useless eaters and a burden to the german war machine. the relatives of according to the passage, why did the nazis feel justified in murdering people with disabilities? they suspected they had committed war crimes. they discovered that most of them were jewish. they knew they were likely to die of heart failure anyway.

Explanation:

The Nazis considered people with disabilities (aged, insane, incurably ill, deformed children etc.) as "useless eaters" and a burden to the German war - machine. There is no mention in the passage about suspecting war - crimes, them being Jewish, or likelihood of heart failure as reasons for the murders.

Answer:

None of the above options are correct based on the passage. The Nazis felt justified because they regarded such people as "useless eaters" and a burden to the German war machine.