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Amanda Achtman

@amandaachtman

Preventing euthanasia & encouraging hope across Canada and beyond

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Thanks to Jonathan Liedl for the cool journalism in the National Catholic Register so that I could know where to go in "Berlin, a city so post-Christian that the Gospel can once again be experienced as something new and radical." ncregister.com/features/in-at…

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Ask yourself, why is promoting death now more lucrative and prioritized than saving lives? What twisted message does this send to Canadians struggling with mental health or chronic illness? Instead of hope, we're being fed a steady diet of despair, painting suicide as an easy and

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"Nor should we ever expect that in a very wealthy country that provides universal health coverage [...] to have parents go begging to the public or to other donors for medication for their children." Charleigh deserves better. vancouversun.com/opinion/column…

"Nor should we ever expect that in a very wealthy country that provides universal health coverage [...] to have parents go begging to the public or to other donors for medication for their children." 

Charleigh deserves better. 
vancouversun.com/opinion/column…
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I'm so incredibly happy and thrilled for Charleigh and her family. But this never should have happened and the way the Minister handled things throughout was beyond irresponsible. it was often cruel. Josie Osborne still needs to resign as BC Minister of Health.

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This morning Anne Lepper presented her extraordinary research published in the book, "From 'Euthanasia' To Sobibor: An SS Officer's Photo Collection." Thankful to Canadian Society for Yad Vashem, Yad Vashem & the US Holocaust Museum for honouring victims by helping make this history accessible.

This morning <a href="/anne_lepper/">Anne Lepper</a> presented her extraordinary research published in the book, "From 'Euthanasia' To Sobibor: An SS Officer's Photo Collection." Thankful to <a href="/CdnSocYadVashem/">Canadian Society for Yad Vashem</a>, <a href="/yadvashem/">Yad Vashem</a> &amp; the <a href="/HolocaustMuseum/">US Holocaust Museum</a> for honouring victims by helping make this history accessible.
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Historian and educator Anne Lepper traces the trajectory of Johann Niemann, a Holocaust perpetrator who began his career in the Aktion T4 euthanasia program before becoming deputy commandant of the Sobibor extermination camp. Canadian Society for Yad Vashem Yad Vashem Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor

Historian and educator <a href="/anne_lepper/">Anne Lepper</a> traces the trajectory of Johann Niemann, a Holocaust perpetrator who began his career in the Aktion T4 euthanasia program before becoming deputy commandant of the Sobibor extermination camp. <a href="/CdnSocYadVashem/">Canadian Society for Yad Vashem</a> <a href="/yadvashem/">Yad Vashem</a> <a href="/Sticht_Sobibor/">Sobibor Foundation - Stichting Sobibor</a>
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An estimated 9,000 people were murdered at the Bernburg euthanasia site from 1940-41. Anne Lepper gives a fascinating talk at Canadian Society for Yad Vashem program on how perpetrators saw themselves. This photo shows Nazi perpetrator Johann Niemann in Bernberg in 1941.

An estimated 9,000 people were murdered at the Bernburg euthanasia site from 1940-41. <a href="/anne_lepper/">Anne Lepper</a> gives a fascinating talk at <a href="/CdnSocYadVashem/">Canadian Society for Yad Vashem</a> program on how perpetrators saw themselves. This photo shows Nazi perpetrator Johann Niemann in Bernberg in 1941.
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Listening to a talk Canadian Society for Yad Vashem program for Holocaust educators. Anne Lepper is explaining the historical connection between euthanasia and the death camps. As Simon Wiesenthal put it, "The terrible truth is that the euthanasia centers were regular schools of murder."

Listening to a talk <a href="/CdnSocYadVashem/">Canadian Society for Yad Vashem</a> program for Holocaust educators. <a href="/anne_lepper/">Anne Lepper</a> is explaining the historical connection between euthanasia and the death camps. As Simon Wiesenthal put it, "The terrible truth is that the euthanasia centers were regular schools of murder."
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Prof. Ebbrecht-Hartmann speaks at Canadian Society for Yad Vashem seminar for Holocaust educators on "Representation of the Shoah in the Media – Challenges Today." Now discussing Dov Forman's project w/ his great-grandmother Lily Ebert as an example of featuring "the authority of the witness."

Prof. Ebbrecht-Hartmann speaks at <a href="/CdnSocYadVashem/">Canadian Society for Yad Vashem</a> seminar for Holocaust educators on "Representation of the Shoah in the Media – Challenges Today." Now discussing <a href="/DovForman/">Dov Forman</a>'s project w/ his great-grandmother Lily Ebert as an example of featuring "the authority of the witness."
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Canadian educators on Canadian Society for Yad Vashem program peruse the Memorial to the Victims of the Nazi Euthanasia Murders. The Memorial is located at the historical site of the planning headquarters in Berlin’s Tiergartenstrasse 4. Memory • Education • Ethics

Canadian educators on <a href="/CdnSocYadVashem/">Canadian Society for Yad Vashem</a> program peruse the Memorial to the Victims of the Nazi Euthanasia Murders. The Memorial is located at the historical site of the planning headquarters in Berlin’s Tiergartenstrasse 4.

Memory • Education • Ethics
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The other day I spoke with a guy my age. His father, grandfather, and uncle all ended their lives through Canada's medical assistance in dying program. He imagines he will do the same one day. In most places, people are fighting to live. Why are so many in Canada asking to die?

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A huge thank you to my colleague, MP Lawton, for his tremendous bravery in sharing his mental health journey. Those facing mental health challenges need treatment, support, and compassion — not a state-sanctioned exit. MAiD is not the answer. Hope is.

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"What one must be enabled to recognize, at four o'clock in the morning, is that one has no right, at least not for reasons of private anguish, to take one's life. All lives are connected to other lives and when one man goes, much more than the man goes with him." – James Baldwin

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"Children can survive without money or security or safety or things: but they are lost if they cannot find a loving example, for only this example can give them a touchstone for their lives." – James Baldwin

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Thank you for sharing your story, MP Andrew Lawton. As CAMH notes: "There are no established clinical guidelines that health care practitioners can use to determine if a person’s mental illness is grievous and irremediable." camh.ca/en/camh-news-a…

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Ask yourself: Would I remain eating and drinking in restaurant in which other customers were kicked out simply for speaking Hebrew? "Be not a victim Be not a perpetrator But above all, be not a bystander." – Yehuda Bauer

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🎉 Celebrating Charleigh and the reinstatement of her medication 🎉 Angel and I were truly honoured to join Charleigh, her family, and a vibrant circle of supporters this past weekend for a celebration filled with pride, joy, and shared purpose. The atmosphere radiated the

🎉 Celebrating Charleigh and the reinstatement of her medication   🎉

Angel and I were truly honoured to join Charleigh, her family, and a vibrant circle of supporters this past weekend for a celebration filled with pride, joy, and shared purpose. The atmosphere radiated the