Eugenics

Dr. Franz Hamburger and the National Socialist collectivizing of reproduction

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“National-Socialism and Medicine” is Hamburger‘s address to the German medical profession. The University of Vienna professor outlines the philosophical basis for the Nazis’ collectivizing medicine, sex, and family life. Three passages caught my attention. 1. The importance of religion to National Socialist medicine: “we scientists and doctors simply and soberly affirm the principle of strength […]

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Eugenics [Section 16 of Nietzsche and the Nazis]

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[This is Section 16 of Nietzsche and the Nazis.] 16. Eugenics Nazi education and censorship attempted to control people’s minds. The Nazis also controlled the bodies of their citizens as much as possible. Milder controls involved new public-health measures such as an aggressive campaign against smoking: the Nazis banned smoking in certain public places, ran

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