Pathology of memory: German medical science and the crimes of the Third Reich
TitlePathology of memory: German medical science and the crimes of the Third Reich
Author
Call number610.943/0002
Object number05361F
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherBerghahn Books
Year of publication
2002
Physical descriptionpp93-111
MaterialArticle
ISBN157181387X
NotesPaper from the book 'Medicine and medical ethics in Nazi Germany' pp93-111
Description
Details the background and development of academic psychiatry and forges a link between National Socialist ideology, the institutionalised and exploitative research conducted on human specimens in service of that discipline, and the streilizaion, "euthanasia," and extermination practices of the Nazi regime