If you read the rest of the article, it does a good job of comparing the Dutch and the Nazis -- even to the point of their "protocols" to ensure only specific babies are euthanized.
Were the Nazis motivated purely by eugenics? I don't think so -- I think they also figured into their twisted calculations the desperately low resources the Germans had thanks to the reparations imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, and the incredible inflation that ravaged their economy. Their killing program had (what they saw as) the practical side of not expending resources keeping someone alive who would not contribute to the "Reich."
As far as comparing the Dutch to Nazis, I realize that a lot of people like to toss around the "Nazi" tag for effect, and this doesn't seem like the right place for it. But on the other hand, the Holocaust didn't flip on like a light switch. People didn't wake up one morning to newspaper and radio announcements by the German government that, "Oh, by the way, the new program of exterminating 11 million people is scheduled to start next week. Stand by for updates."
Maybe the Dutch should just be called, "Liberals." It seems to fit better.
"But on the other hand, the Holocaust didn't flip on like a light switch. People didn't wake up one morning to newspaper and radio announcements by the German government that, "Oh, by the way, the new program of exterminating 11 million people is scheduled to start next week."
Exactly. Eugenics ideas started taking hold just before the Nazis took power in Germany. There were some "baby steps" (sorry, bad term in this case) toward the cheapening of innocent human life, starting with the disabled. The late Dr Francis Schaeffer pointed out that it can happen again, in fact when he produced "Whatever Happened to the Human Race" with C. Everett Koop, he was afraid that we were going down that road again, and perhaps we are.