From racism to genocide : anthropology in the Third Reich / Gretchen E. Schafft.
Schafft, Gretchen Engle.
2004
GN17.3.G3 S33 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
From racism to genocide : anthropology in the Third Reich / Gretchen E. Schafft.
Author
Schafft, Gretchen Engle.
ISBN
9780252029301 (alk. paper)
0252029305 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2004.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
GN17.3.G3 S33 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
301/.0943/0904
Summary
"From Racism to Genocide is an account of how Nazi anthropologists justified racism, developed practical applications of racist theory, and eventually participated in every phase of the Holocaust." "Using original sources and previously unpublished documentation, Gretchen E. Schafft shows the total range of anti-human activity from within the confines of a particular discipline. Based on seven years of archival research in this country and abroad, the work includes many original photos and documents, most of which have never before been published. It uses primary data and original texts whenever possible, including corespondence written by perpetrators."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
The Jews of the Tarnów ghetto
Anthropology in Germany before the Second World War : the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
The rise of Hitler and his embrace of anthropology
The discovery in the Smithsonian
Population selection and relocation in the midst of war
Anthropology and medicine in the Third Reich
The end of the war and the aftermath
Race and racism
Professional denial, civic denial, and a responsible anthropology.

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