German Society for Racial Hygiene
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1933
Influence on compulsory sterilization policy
The society's theories and affiliated experts contributed to the policy environment behind the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring, which authorized compulsory sterilization.
Connection to Nazi racial persecution and Action T4
Racial-hygiene ideas associated with the society helped provide scientific and administrative justification for Nazi racial measures and intersected with the ideological premises of the Action T4 killing program.