A brief overview:

Between January 1940 and August 1941, Nazis murdered 70,273 physically and mentally disabled people – men, women, teens, boys, and girls. Though they never even laid eyes on the disabled person they were evaluating, the Nazi doctors read the medical files and, if from the words on the page, the person was deemed “unfit” or an “economic burden on society”, the doctor placed a red X at the bottom of the form. Three doctors were to read each medical file, and when two of them made a red X on the page, the disabled person’s fate was sealed.

I will commemorate these 70,273 voiceless, powerless people who were so callously and casually murdered by gathering 70,273 blocks of white fabric (representing the paper the doctors read), each bearing two red X’s (representing one person), and I will stitch them together into quilts. 

Am I crazy? Maybe. But Bones say I can’t not do this. I can’t change history – can’t unring that bell – but I can commemorate the lives of these 70,273 disabled people in this small way . . . if you’ll help. (I’ve done the math, and I just can’t do it alone.) See where it says “70273” at the top of the page? If you’ll click on that, you’ll find all sorts of information about how and why to become involved. Take some time poking around the pages, and when you’re ready, join us.

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READ:

   Blog: 70273
   Blog: Jeanne’s Stories in Word and Stitch
    Subscribe to te Blog
   Subscribe to the 70273 Project XXtra Monthly Newsletter

MAKE:

   Make Blocks
   Make a Quilt From Your/Your Group’s Blocks
   Make Middlings (fat quarter size art quilts)
   Make Minis (fabric postcards)
   Make Long Skinnies
   Become a Piecer

               Become a Quilter

   Make Hanging Sleeves

DONATE:

http://www.thebarefootheart.com/give     Financial Contributions

INVITE:

   Presentations, Workshops, and Block Drives

MEET:

  Meet the Leadership Lineup

GATHER:

   Join our Facebook Group
   Like Our Facebook Page
   Join the French Facebook Group
   Be Friends with Jeanne
 Follow on Twitter #70273Project
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LEARN:

    Introduction Post
   Information Library
   Thoughtfully Asked (and Answered) Questions

    For Teachers

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