- Headline
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EUGENIC STERILIZATION URGED BY NAZI DOCTORS
- Publication Date
- Thursday, April 27, 1933
- Historical Event
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German Law Authorizes Sterilization for Prevention of Hereditary Diseases
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- Newspaper
- Location
- Page Section and Number
- 10
- Author/Byline
- AP
- Article Text
- Berlin, Today (AP)—The Prussian board of health has drafted a eugenic sterilization law to serve as a model for the entire Reich, it has been announced semi-officially. The details were not made public.
Some sections of Chancellor Adolf Hitler's Nazi party have been advocates of sterilization of the physically and mentally unfit for many years.
Dr. Martin Staemmler, director of the Pathological Institute at Chemnitz, said in a speech before a group of Nazi physicians in Leipsic more than a year ago that German citizens should be divided into three classes—those to be sterilized, those who would bear misfits and those able to bear healthy children.
He recommended sterilization of children born dumb and blind and of defectives in order that nation might build a physically healthy "nordic" race.
The physician also asserted that women should be taken from their business occupations and sent back to the homes to discharge the duties of motherhood.
The theme of his address and of the talks made by other physicians at the meeting was that "we must be strong and intelligent." - History Unfolded Contributor
- Carlos G.
- Location of Research
- Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com)
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