From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder

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book subtitle literary work subtitle

From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder is the subtitle of Gitta Sereny’s non-fiction work "Into That Darkness," which examines the evolution of Nazi euthanasia policies into the systematic mass murder of the Holocaust.

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Label	Occurrences
From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder canonical	1
Into That Darkness: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder
Context triple: [Into That Darkness, subtitle, From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder]

A. The Ends of Human Life
"The Ends of Human Life" is a bioethics book by Ezekiel Emanuel that examines philosophical, medical, and policy questions surrounding end-of-life decision-making and the definition of death.
B. Unspeakable: Facing Up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror
"Unspeakable: Facing Up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror" is a nonfiction book by social critic and Christian apologist Os Guinness that explores the problem of evil and suffering in the modern world.
C. The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill
The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill is a psychological and evolutionary analysis of human homicidal behavior that explores why the human mind may be naturally predisposed to kill under certain circumstances.
D. Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable?
Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? is a philosophical work by Judith Butler that examines how media and political frameworks shape whose lives are recognized as valuable and mournable in contexts of war and violence.
E. The Principle of Mercy: Taking the Crucified People from the Cross
The Principle of Mercy: Taking the Crucified People from the Cross is a seminal work of liberation theology by Jon Sobrino that reflects on Christian faith from the perspective of the suffering and oppressed, emphasizing mercy and solidarity with “crucified peoples” in history.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder
Target entity description: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder is the subtitle of Gitta Sereny’s non-fiction work "Into That Darkness," which examines the evolution of Nazi euthanasia policies into the systematic mass murder of the Holocaust.

A. The Ends of Human Life
"The Ends of Human Life" is a bioethics book by Ezekiel Emanuel that examines philosophical, medical, and policy questions surrounding end-of-life decision-making and the definition of death.
B. Unspeakable: Facing Up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror
"Unspeakable: Facing Up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror" is a nonfiction book by social critic and Christian apologist Os Guinness that explores the problem of evil and suffering in the modern world.
C. The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill
The Murderer Next Door: Why the Mind Is Designed to Kill is a psychological and evolutionary analysis of human homicidal behavior that explores why the human mind may be naturally predisposed to kill under certain circumstances.
D. Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable?
Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? is a philosophical work by Judith Butler that examines how media and political frameworks shape whose lives are recognized as valuable and mournable in contexts of war and violence.
E. The Principle of Mercy: Taking the Crucified People from the Cross
The Principle of Mercy: Taking the Crucified People from the Cross is a seminal work of liberation theology by Jon Sobrino that reflects on Christian faith from the perspective of the suffering and oppressed, emphasizing mercy and solidarity with “crucified peoples” in history.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book subtitle ⓘ literary work subtitle ⓘ
aimsToConvey	shift from purported mercy to industrialized killing ⓘ
appearsOn	cover of some editions of Into That Darkness ⓘ
associatedWithWorkForm	Holocaust studies ⓘ historical investigation ⓘ
associatedWithWorkGenre	non-fiction ⓘ
belongsToField	Holocaust historiography ⓘ
chronologicalScope	prewar and wartime Nazi policies ⓘ
describes	evolution of Nazi euthanasia policies ⓘ transition from euthanasia to systematic mass murder ⓘ
emphasizes	continuity between euthanasia program and death camps ⓘ
explores	moral and bureaucratic progression from medical killing to genocide ⓘ
fullWorkContext	Into That Darkness: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder ⓘ linked to: From Mercy Killing to Mass Murder
historicalContext	Third Reich ⓘ
isSubtitleOf	Into That Darkness ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
relatedToSubject	Aktion T4 ⓘ linked to: Aktion T4 euthanasia program Franz Stangl ⓘ Treblinka extermination camp ⓘ linked to: Treblinka
subtitleOfWorkBy	Gitta Sereny ⓘ
topic	Holocaust ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ Nazi euthanasia program ⓘ
usedAsMarketingSubtitleFor	Into That Darkness ⓘ