Original Article By Frank Bergman
The disturbing rise of “assisted suicide” has taken another dark turn as it has just emerged that prominent Holocaust survivor Ruth Posner has been authorized, despite being in good health.
96-year-old Posner and her husband, Michael, 97, were both killed at a Swiss euthanasia clinic.
However, neither was suffering from a terminal illness.
The couple, originally from the U.K., died on September 23 at the Pegasos clinic in Basel.
In a chilling posthumous email sent to family and friends, they described their decision as “mutual and without any outside pressure.”
“We had lived a long life and together for almost 75 years,” they wrote.
“There came a point when failing senses, of sight and hearing, and lack of energy, was not living but existing, that no care would improve.”
Their case has sparked outrage, with critics warning it illustrates just how far society has slid down the slippery slope from so-called “compassionate” end-of-life care for the terminally ill, to elderly couples choosing state-facilitated death simply because they were “tired of living.”
The Disturbing Trend of Couple Suicides
What was once unthinkable is becoming increasingly normalized.
The Posners are far from the only couple to make this choice.
In February 2024, former Dutch Prime Minister Dries van Agt and his wife Eugenie died hand in hand by “duo euthanasia.”
Neither was terminally ill.
In Canada, couples have openly promoted their joint suicides in media interviews, treating euthanasia as a lifestyle choice.
In the Netherlands alone, 29 couples were jointly euthanized in 2022, up sharply from previous years.
This rapid rise of so-called “paired deaths” is now being romanticized in the press as “loving” and “dignified.”
But the reality is far more chilling: the state is normalizing death as a solution for aging and human suffering.
From Survivor to State-Facilitated Death
Ruth Posner’s story makes this trend even more disturbing.
She survived the Warsaw Ghetto as a child, escaped Treblinka’s fate, and later dedicated her life to educating young people about the horrors of the Holocaust.
Now, decades later, she died in a clinic that symbolizes the same eugenic mindset the world once swore it would never allow again: the idea that some lives are no longer worth living.
The historical echoes are undeniable.
In Nazi Germany, euthanasia programs paved the way for industrialized killing.
Yet today, in countries across Europe and North America, governments and medical systems are once again endorsing state-facilitated death, rebranding it as “dignity.”
The Slippery Slope Is Here
The Posners’ decision is not just a personal tragedy.
It is a flashing red warning sign of where the euthanasia movement is heading.
What began as “rare, compassionate cases” for those suffering terminal pain has now expanded to include people who are depressed, disabled, or simply old and weary.
In Canada, authorities have already approved euthanasia for those with mental illness alone.
In Europe, “duo deaths” are being sold as romantic exits, even for couples who are otherwise healthy.
Behind the euphemisms of “choice” and “compassion,” a culture of death is being embedded into law and medicine.
The tragic story of Ruth and Michael Posner shows how quickly the line can shift, from protecting the vulnerable to encouraging them to end their lives.
It is no longer a hypothetical “slippery slope.”
It is here, and the world is sliding down it fast.
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