Hereditary Health Court
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The Hereditary Health Court (German
Erbgesundheitsgericht), also known as, the Genetic Health Court, were courts that decided whether people should be forcibly sterilized in Nazi Germany
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Dr Karl Astel
was in charge of the Hereditary Health Supreme Court from 1934-1937.
Some respondents were described by Lothrop Stoddard
, an American eugenicist, visiting the Nazi state in 1939. That day tried were an 'ape like man' who had married a Jewish woman, a manic depressive, a deaf and mute girl, and a 'mentally retarded' girl.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
Erbgesundheitsgericht), also known as, the Genetic Health Court, were courts that decided whether people should be forcibly sterilized in Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
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Dr Karl Astel
Karl Astel
Karl Astel was a Nazi racial scientist and involved in the Nazi Eugenics program.He was born on 26 February 1898 in Schweinfurt. After finishing the Gymnasium he fought in World War I in 1917 and 1918. Astel took part at the Kapp Putsch and also the Beer Hall Putsch, as a member of the Freikorps...
was in charge of the Hereditary Health Supreme Court from 1934-1937.
Some respondents were described by Lothrop Stoddard
Lothrop Stoddard
Theodore Lothrop Stoddard was an American historian, journalist, racial anthropologist, eugenicist, political theorist and anti-immigration advocate who wrote a number of books which are cited by historians as prominent examples of early 20th-century scientific racism.- Biography :Stoddard was...
, an American eugenicist, visiting the Nazi state in 1939. That day tried were an 'ape like man' who had married a Jewish woman, a manic depressive, a deaf and mute girl, and a 'mentally retarded' girl.