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Public Health under the Third Reich Experiencing History: …

WEBTo help realize the regime’s goals, Nazi public health initiatives focused on increasing the size and health of the “Aryan” population. For example, the SS created the Lebensborn …

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Effects and Aftermath of the Holocaust Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEBMany feared to return to their former homes. Key Facts. 1. Following the liberation of Nazi camps, many survivors found themselves living in displaced persons camps where they …

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Medical Care, Nazism, and the Holocaust Experiencing History

WEBMedical Care, Nazism, and the Holocaust. While their ability to treat those in need was often severely limited, medical providers' choices and actions had an enormous impact on …

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Nazi Medical Experiments Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEBRole of the Medical Profession. From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to "cleanse" German society of individuals viewed as biological threats …

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Resources for Survivors and Their Families

WEBResources by State. Arizona. Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Southern Arizona. Arkansas. Jewish Federation of Arkansas. California. Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Los …

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Targets of Eugenics Experiencing History: Holocaust Sources in …

WEBNazi propaganda and Nazi eugenics policies encouraged so-called “Aryan” Germans with good “genetic health” to have large families. 3 “Aryan” women were awarded German …

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In the Name of Public Health — Nazi Racial Hygiene

WEBBefore 1933, eugenics proposals, such as the sterilization of mentally retarded and ill persons, failed to win wide support, but the Nazi “revolu-tion,” beginning that year with …

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Medical Experiments Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEBSeven-year-old Jacqueline Morgenstern. Photograph of seven-year-old Jacqueline Morgenstern in Paris, France, 1940. Jacqueline was later a victim of tuberculosis …

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What conditions and ideas made the Holocaust possible

WEBThe Holocaust was not a single event. It did not happen all at once. It was the result of circumstances and events, as well as individual decisions, played out over years. Key …

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Propaganda Poster: “Jews Are Lice: They Cause Typhus”

WEBNazi propaganda often portrayed people persecuted by the regime as vermin, parasites, or diseases. Nazi ideology focused on the idea that Germany’s "racial purity" was under …

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Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEBFrom 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany’s government led by Adolf Hitler promoted a nationalism that combined territorial expansion, claims of the biological …

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Euthanasia Program and Aktion T4 Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEBThe Euthanasia Program was the systematic murder of institutionalized patients with disabilities in Germany. It started in 1939, about two years before the Nazis …

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Nazi Racism Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEBNazi Racism Nazi beliefs and ideas about race shaped all aspects of everyday life and politics in Nazi Germany. In particular, the Nazis embraced the false …

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Defining the Enemy Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEBDefining the Enemy. A key part of Nazi ideology was to define the enemy and those who posed a threat to the so-called “Aryan” race. Nazi propaganda was essential in …

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Lebensborn Program Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEBThe Lebensborn program was designed by the SS to increase Germany’s declining birthrate. It was originally intended to provide pregnant “Aryan” women with …

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Eugenics Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEB1. Eugenics, or “racial hygiene,” was a scientific movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 2. While today eugenics may be regarded as a …

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Concentration Camps, 1933–1939 Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEBConcentration camps (Konzentrationslager; abbreviated as KL or KZ) were an integral feature of the regime in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945.The term …

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Josef Mengele Holocaust Encyclopedia

WEBJosef Mengele was born on March 16, 1911, in the Bavarian city of Günzburg, Germany. He was the eldest son of Karl Mengele, a prosperous …

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