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The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, 1927–1945 : Crossing Boundaries

Publication year: 2008

: 978-1-4020-6600-9

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The volume at hand traces the history of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics between democracy and dictatorship. Special attention is turned to the transformation of the research program, the institute’s integration into the national and international science panorama, and its relationship to the ruling power as well as its interconnection to the political crimes of Nazi Germany.


: Humanities, Social Science and Law / Auschwitz / National Socialism / anthropology / eugenics / genetics / human genetics / History of Science / Medicine / Public Health general / Life Sciences general