Nazi Eugenics - Genocide and Lebensborn

                  In the hand of evils dealt to our American adventure the cards face up are slavery and the genocide of the native population. But in our down cards we hold the most of the origins and much of the development of the Eugenics movement. When Adolf Hitler was still a child the many of the most prominent American philanthropists supported the Eugenics movement. Edwin Black has written persuasively about the tight association between American Eugenics and Nazi Eugenics. Eugenics is the dominant idea that explains the full constellation of Nazi "medicine." He records the inspiration of Nazi Genocide in American Eugenicist's efforts: "Eighteen solutions were explored in a Carnegie-supported 1911 "Preliminary Report of the Committee of the Eugenic Section of the American Breeder's Association to Study and to Report on the Best Practical Means for Cutting Off the Defective Germ-Plasm in the Human Population." Point No. 8 was euthanasia.
The most commonly suggested method of eugenicide in the United States was a "lethal chamber" or public, locally operated gas chambers. In 1918, Popenoe, the Army venereal disease specialist during World War I, co-wrote the widely used textbook, "Applied Eugenics," which argued, "From an historical point of view, the first method which presents itself is execution . . . Its value in keeping up the standard of the race should not be underestimated." "Applied Eugenics" also devoted a chapter to "Lethal Selection," which operated "through the destruction of the individual by some adverse feature of the environment, such as excessive cold, or bacteria, or by bodily deficiency."
                    Below are various works in German describing Nazi Euthanasia against the disabled and other non-Jewish undesirables. There are also others that describe the Lebensborn program which was meant to produce the new and improved Master Race.
                    Black wrote the article quoted below to praise the 2003 passage of the first bill in the US that prohibited discrimination on the basis of Genetic information. Deceptive and forced sterilizations were performed in Los Angeles among the Latino community in between the 1950s and 1970s and was performed in California women's prisons as recently as 2010. I won't even comment on recent events. There is a reason to be interested in the collection of books listed below that I hope I have made clear enough.
                   All of these titles are currently available on the Hollander Books website.

Aly, Götz, edited by. Aktion 14: 1939-1945. Die <> -Zentral in der Tiergartenstraße 4. Berlin, Edition Hentrich, 1989. 2. erweiterte Auflage. ISBN: 3-926175-66-4. Octavo, paper covers, 214 pp., b/w photos, chronology, contributors. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. Stätten der Gschichte Berlins, Band 26. (84325)     $50.00

Aly, Götz; Ebbinghaus, Angelika; Hamann, Matthias; Pfäfflin, Friedemann and Preissler, Gerd, edited by. Aussonderung un Tod: Die klinische Hinrichtung der Unbrauchbaren. Berlin, Rotbuch Verlag, 1985. ISBN: 3-88022-950-3. Octavo, paper covers, frontispiece photo, 190 pp., b/w photos, notes, index. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. Beiträge zur Nationalsozialistischen Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik: 1. (84277)     $18.00

Aly, Götz. Masuhr, Karl Friedrich; Lehmann, Maria; Roth, Karl Heinz and Schultz, Ulrich. Reform and Gewissen: <> im Dienst des Fortschritts. Berlin, Rotbuch Verlag, 1985. ISBN: 3-88022-951-1. Octavo, paper covers, 200 pp., b/w photos, notes, index. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. Beiträge zur Nationalsozialistischen Gesundheits- und Sozialpolitik: 2. (84440)     $9.95

Bock, Gisela. Zwangssterilisation im Nationalsozialismus: Studien zur Rassenpolitik und Frauenpolitik. Opladen, Westdeutscher Verlag, 1986. ISBN: 3-531-11759-9. Octavo, paper covers, 494 pp., tables, bibliography, index. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. Schriften des Zentralinstituts für sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung der Freien Universität Berlin, ehemals Schriften des Instituts für politische Wissenschaft, Band 48. (84507)     $95.00

Dahl, Matthias. Endstation Spiegelgrund: Die Tötung behinderter Kinder während des Nationalsozialismus am Beispiel einer Kinderfachabteilung in Wien 1940 bis 1945. Wien, Erasmus, 1998. ISBN: 3-9500624-3-2. Royal octavo, paper covers, 195 pp., tables, documents, graphs, bibliography, notes. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. (84584)     $150.00

Drechsel, Klaus-Peter. Beurteilt Vermessen Ermordet: Die Praxis der Euthanasie bis zum Ende des deutschen Faschismus. Duisberg, Duisburger Institut für Sprach- und Sozialforschung, 1993. ISBN: 3-927-388-37-8. Duodecimo, paper covers, 174 pp., bibliography. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. (84493)     $7.95

Friedrich, Hannes and Matzow, Wolfgang, edited by. Dienstbare Medizin: Ärzte betrachten ihr Fach im Nationalsozialismus. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1992. ISBN: 3-525-01415-5. Duodecimo, paper covers, 142 pp., bibliography. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. (84180)     $7.50

Frel, Norbert, edited by. Medizin ud Gesundheitspolitik in der NS-Zeit. Münich, R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1991. ISBN: 3-486-64534-X. Royal octavo, paper covers, 331 pp., bibliography, index. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. (84210)     $27.50

Hermeler, Ludwig. Die Euthanasie und die späte Unschuld der Psychiater: Massenmord, Bedburg-Hau und das Geheimnis rheinischer Widerstandslegenden. Essen, Klartext-Verlag, 2002. ISBN: 3-89861-088-8. Octavo, printed paper covered boards, 298 pp., b/w photos, bibliography, index. Hardbound. Very Good. Text is in German. Rheinprovinz Dokumente und Darstellungen zur Geschichte der rheinische Provinzialverwaltung und des Landschaftsverbandes Rheinland. Herausgegeben vom Landschaftsverband Rheinland, Rheinisches Archiv- und Museumsamt - Archiv des LVR - Redaktion Wolfgang Schaffer Band 14. (84291)     $95.00

Horsinga-Renno, Mirielle. Der Arzt von Hartheim: Wie ich die Wahrheit über die Nazi-Vergangenheit meines Onkels herausfand. Reinbek bei Hamburg, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, 2008. ISBN: 978-3-499-62307-3. Small octavo, paper covers with flaps, 192 pp., b/w photos, chronology, bibliography, ads. Softbound. Very Good. Translated into German from the French by Martin Bauer. (84146)      $6.95

Kuratorium Gedankstätte Sonnenstein e. V. und Sächsische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung. Nationalsozialistische Euthenasie-Verbrechen in Sachsen. Beiträge zu ihrer Aufarbeitung. Dresden, Pirna, 1996. 2., stark veränderte Auflage. Octavo, paper covers, 167 pp., b/w photos, drawings and documents, plans, chronology. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. (84332)     $95.00

Lettow, Fritz. Arzt in den Höllen: Erinnerungen an vier Konzentrationslager. München, Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, 2001. ISBN: 3-453-19091-2. Duodecimo, paper covers, 272 pp., b/w photos. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. Mit einem Nachwort von Gerhard Leo. Mit Zeichnungen von Henri Gayot aus dem Konzentrationslage, Natzweiler. (84234)     $22.50

Ley, Michael. ,,Zum Schutze des deutschen Blutes..." ''Rassenschandegesetze" im Nationalsozialismus. Bodenheim b. Mainz, Philo Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1997. ISBN: 3-8257-0056-9. Duodecimo, paper covers, 197 pp., bibliography. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. (84365)     $6.95

Lilienthal, Georg. Der "Lebensborn e.V." Ein Instrument nationalsozialistischer Rassenpolitik. Stuttgart - New York, Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1985. ISBN: 3-437-10939-1. Octavo, printed cloth covered boards, iv, 264 pp., tables, bibliography, index. Hardbound. Very Good. Forschung zur Neueren Medizin- und Biologiegeschichte 1. Herausgegeben von Gunter Mann und Werner F. Kümmel. Akademie die Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz. (84441)     $18.00

Loewy, Hanno and Winter, Bettina, edited by. NS->>Euthanasie<< vor Gericht: Fritz Bauer und die Grenzen juristischer Bewältigung. Frankfurt/ New York, Campus Verlag, 1996. ISBN: 3-593-35442-X. Octavo, glossy paper covers, 199  pp., b/w photos, documents. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. Foreword by Rupert von Plottnitz. Articles are "Justiz und Staatsverbrechen Über den juristischen Umgang mit der NS->>Euthanasie<<," Susanne Benzler and Joachim Perels, "NS->>Euthanasie<< <-prozesse an="" behinderte="" behinderten="" bundesrepublik="" deckten="" den="" der="" deutschland="" die="" dre="" dritten="" echtsschutz="" en="" f="" hrenden="" im="" in="" justiz="" k="" massenmord="" michael="" pfe="" r="" reich="" rster="" wandel="" wie="" willi="" zeit="">Gerichtstag halten über uns selbst; Das Verfahren Fritz Bauers zur Beteilung der Justiz am Anstaltmord," "Unbewältigte Justizvergangenheit Aur Einstellung des Ermittlungsverfahrens gegen die Oberlandesgerichtspräsidenten und Generaklstaatanwälte," Hans Christoph Schaefer. (83931)     $12.50

Mende, Susanne. Die Wiener Heil- und Pflegeanstalt "Am Steinhof" im Nationalsozialismus. Frankfurt am Main, Peter Lang, Europäischer Verlag der Wissenschaft, 2000. ISBN: 3-631-36002-9. Octavo, glossy paper covers, xviii, 229 pp., b/w photos, bibliography, chronology, facsimiles of documents, index. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. Medizingeschichte im Kontext Band 3. (84148)     $65.00

Schilter, Thomas. Unmenschliches Ermessen: Die nationalsozialistische ,,Euthanasie" - Tötungsanstalt Pirna-Sonnenstein 1940/41. Leipzig, Gustav Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1999. ISBN: 3-378-01033-9. Octavo, paper covers with flaps, 320 pp., b/w photos, tables, notes, sources, index. Softbound. Very Good. Text is in German. Schriftenreihe der Stiftung Sächsische Gedenkstätten zur Erinnerung an die Opfer politischer Gewaltherrschaft (84214)     $150.00

Seidler, Horst and Rett, Andreas. Rassenhygiene: Ein Weg in den Nationalsozialismus. Vienna and Munich, Jugend un Volk, 1988. ISBN: 3-224-16530-8. Octavo, printed cloth covered boards, 291 pp., b/w photos, documents, bibliography. Hardbound. Very Good. Text is in German. Inscribed by Seidler on the free front endpaper. (83932)      $7.95

Wunder, Michael; Genkel, Ingrid and Jenner, Harald. Auf dieser schiefen Ebene gibt es kein Halten mehr: Die Alsterdorfer Anstalten in Nationalsozialismus. Hamburg, Vorstand der Alsterdorfer Anstalten, 1988. 2. Auflage. ISBN: 3-7600-04-55-S. Oblong quarto, glossy paper covered boards, 241 pp., b/w photos, index. Hardbound. Very Good. Text is in Germany. Herausgegeben vom Vorstand der Alsterdorfer Anstalten, Pastor Rudi Mondry. (84434)     $30.00

Sources:

Black, Edwin. Eugenics and the Nazis -- the California connection. San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, November 9, 2003. Retrieved, 8/27/2017, http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Eugenics-and-the-Nazis-the-California-2549771.php

No Mas Bebes. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/no-mas-bebes/ Link describes the documentary which aired February 1st, 2016.

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