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23 paź 2020 · Theories of eugenics shaped many persecutory policies in Nazi Germany. Learn about the radicalization and deadly consequences of these theories and policies
- Article Final Solutions: Murderous Racial Hygiene, 1939–1945
Many of those who had earlier rejected euthanasia as a...
- Article Final Solutions: Murderous Racial Hygiene, 1939–1945
Eugenics research in Germany before and during the Nazi period was similar to that in the United States, by which it had been heavily inspired. However, its prominence rose sharply under Adolf Hitler's leadership when wealthy Nazi supporters started heavily investing in it.
This article discusses German eugenics as being incorporated of two strands, one racially oriented and the other welfare oriented. Eugenics in Germany was also characterized by its intention to reach out to a wider world of German colonies and German ethnic groups beyond the frontiers of the state.
The procedures devised in eugenics programmes, such as psychiatric assessment of competence and disability, were crucial predecessors of the euthanasia programmes for the murder of mentally ill people in Germany.
20 lip 2022 · When peace was declared in 1945, it brought with it not only the defeat of Nazi Germany but also the near-universal condemnation of eugenics. The “eugenic tree” was gradually denuded of its branches; yet its roots remained deeply buried in our society, culture, and politics.
14 lip 2013 · By the summer of 1933, the Nazis had Germany firmly in their grip. With this newfound power, the far-right party decided to mold German society in the image of its own making. A decisive step...
Although the histories of all national eugenics movements raise both difficult and controversial questions, the case of German eugenics, or “race hygiene” (Rassenhygiene), is by far the most troubling.1 For many people the term German eugenics immediately brings to mind visions of the Nazi death camps and the “final solution.”.
