Nazi Symbiosis - Human Genetics and Politics in the Third Reich

Zusammenfassung The Faustian bargain is perhaps best exemplified by the alliance between world-renowned human geneticists and the Nazi state. This title presents an account of the myriad ways human heredity and Nazi politics reinforced each other before and during the Third Reich.

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• Authors: Sheila Faith Weiss, Weiss Sheila Faith
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2010
• EAN: 9780226891767
• ISBN: 978-0-226-89176-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, MEDICAL / Ethics, SCIENCE / History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, MEDICAL / History, History of Science, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Medical ethics and professional conduct