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Eugenics

Eugenics, or “racial hygiene,” was a scientific movement developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A significant number of Nazi policies and racial ideologies stemmed from the pseudoscience of eugenics. Explore more content related to the application of eugenics before and during the Holocaust (1933–1945). 

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A horizontal page filled with four typed columns of detailed definitions in German. Several sets of notes litter the page including handwritten numbers in red calculating the amount of applicable characteristics.
Document
A chart detailing physical characteristics of a Romani (Gypsy) individual
In the center of the photograph sits a woman in dark clothes. A man stands next to her wearing a dark suit and hat, while holding a small child. Another younger individual stands on the steps of a wagon off the right. A row of wagons and people can be seen in the background.
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A family interned in a "Gypsy camp"
A handwritten genealogical chart featuring side and front profile photographs for each family member. There are five different women mentioned in this portion of the chart.
Document
A genealogical chart of the Franz family
Benno Müller-Hill, Antje Kosemund, Paul Eggert, and Elvira Manthey [LCID: dm000001]
Oral History
Benno Müller-Hill, Antje Kosemund, Paul Eggert, and Elvira Manthey describe the Euthanasia Program
Benno Müller-Hill [LCID: dm000004]
Oral History
Benno Müller-Hill discusses genetics and eugenics
Bernburg, one of the six major euthanasia killing centers. [LCID: 02509]
Article
Bernburg T4 Facility
Article
Brandenburg T4 Facility
Ten small children sit around a table eating a meal. Most of them have light hair and light skin tones. The photograph is shot looking down from above.
Timeline Event
Creation of Lebensborn Program
Eugenics poster entitled "The Judaizing of Berlin 1932."
Article
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
Media Essay
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race - ID Card/Oral History
Dr. Robert Ritter and Eva Justin examine a young boy interned in a "Gypsy camp"
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Dr. Robert Ritter and Eva Justin examine a young boy interned in a "Gypsy camp"
Dr. Robert Ritter visits a "Gypsy camp"
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Dr. Robert Ritter visits a "Gypsy camp"
Eugenic and Health Exhibit, Kansas Free Fair, 1929.
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Eugenic and Health Exhibit Kansas Free Fair, 1929
Propaganda slide produced by the Reich Propaganda Office showing the opportunity cost of feeding a person with a hereditary disease.
Article
Eugenics
Poster featuring an illustrated view of the German countryside at the top and a large family tree made of circles, squares, and lines along the bottom.
Media Essay
Eugenics
Illustrated poster of a German map with tan walls erected around the borders. The top center of the map features an illustration of the Nuremberg Race Laws. A statue of a Nazi eagle sits in the bottom center of the map while signposts sit around the border.
Photo
Eugenics poster

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