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Human genetics and the mass murder of Jews, gypsies and others
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Human genetics and the mass murder of Jews, gypsies and others
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0124
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]03505I
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Bloomington, Indiana, United States, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Indiana University Press, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1998
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp103-114
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]253333741
NotesPaper presented at the inaugural conference of the United States Holocaust Research Institute and published in the book 'The Holocaust and history.'pp103-114
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This is an example of genetics as a genocidal force. The author traces the influence of the 1921 genetics textbook by Erwin Baur, Eugen Fischer and Fritz Lenz on Hitler, who read it in prison, where it formed some of the core ideas of Mein Kampf. Also traces the career of Josef Mengele
