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The Nazi Connection To Eugenics

The Nazi Connection To Eugenics. By: Alison Kozol, Josh Czik, Ben Solomon, Hannah Zhu, and Daisy Joo. Reasons for Eugenics. To make everybody racially pure To reduce violence To create a utopian society. Galton. Davenport. Spencer. Influences on the Germans to Use Eugenics.

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The Nazi Connection To Eugenics

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  1. The Nazi Connection To Eugenics By: Alison Kozol, Josh Czik, Ben Solomon, Hannah Zhu, and Daisy Joo

  2. Reasons for Eugenics • To make everybody racially pure • To reduce violence • To create a utopian society Galton Davenport Spencer

  3. Influences on the Germans to Use Eugenics • World War I was a massive defeat for the Germans • Because of the armistice, they seemed to be the public hatred of the world • Germans needed something to transcend their stereotype

  4. Influences on the Germans to Use Eugenics Cont’d • Eugenics was seen as the solution to the German’s problems • They could advance in science and make a new name for themselves.

  5. The Role of Prejudice in Eugenics • Hitler targeted minority groups, mostly groups that were discriminated against • Jews • Romas • Communists • Disabled People • Poles • Homosexuals

  6. Germans Implementing Ideas • Established Eugenics Centers • Advocated sterilization for disabled people • Celebrated Aryan Children • Awards • Illegitimate children • Law of the Protection of German Blood and Honor • Made interbreeding illegal • Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring • Lawfully sterilized mentally disabled, deaf, and blind people

  7. The Laws Get More Oppressive • At first, the laws were seen as “medical advancement” through Eugenics • It soon progressed to complete discrimination against minorities

  8. Opposition to Eugenics Franz Boas made a case against Eugenics by stating that with a different American diet and culture, the children of immigrants began to look and act more “American.” Myerson criticized the entire process by which Eugenicists came to their conclusions about whether a person was “feebleminded” or not. Many German scientist, doctors, and clergymen spoke against Eugenics, but they were quickly silenced when Hitler came to power

  9. Choices Every time a new policy was implemented by the Nazi regime the German people had a choice. They could choose to stand up and not obey the Nazi polices. However, they did not because they knew that it would get them killed. It was much easier to go with the flow and accept the Nazi propaganda. This is how the T4 plan became a reality in Germany, no-one was opposing it.

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