Hereditary Health Courts

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Hereditary Health Courts were special Nazi-era tribunals in Germany that decided which individuals would be forcibly sterilized under eugenic policies targeting those deemed genetically "unfit."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi tribunal
eugenic institution
special court
abolished after 1945
activeDuring Third Reich
appealTo Higher Hereditary Health Courts
appliedInJurisdiction Germany
appliesPolicy forced sterilization
racial hygiene
composition jurist
medical doctor
public health official
consequenceOfDecision involuntary sterilization surgery
country Nazi Germany
decisionType rejection of sterilization petition
sterilization order
GermanName Erbgesundheitsgerichte
historicalAssessment crime against humanity
humanRightsImpact violation of bodily integrity
violation of reproductive rights
ideology Nazi racial ideology
eugenics
inception 1934
languageOfWorkOrName German
legalBasis Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses
Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
location local courts in Germany
mainFunction decide on compulsory sterilization cases
enforce Nazi eugenic policy
notableFeature pseudo-scientific use of genetics in legal decisions
systematic targeting of marginalized groups
partOf Nazi population policy
Nazi public health system
linked to: Reich Health Office
procedure cases initiated by physicians
hearings on sterilization petitions
replacedBy ordinary courts in postwar Germany
subordinateTo Reich Ministry of the Interior
targetedCondition Huntington’s chorea
linked to: Huntington's chorea

congenital feeblemindedness
hereditary blindness
hereditary deafness
hereditary epilepsy
manic-depressive illness
schizophrenia
severe alcoholism
severe hereditary physical deformity
targetedGroup people deemed hereditarily diseased
people labeled genetically unfit
timePeriod Nazi era
linked to: Third Reich

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Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring implementedBy Hereditary Health Supreme Courts
linked to: Hereditary Health Courts
Hereditary Health Courts appealTo Higher Hereditary Health Courts
linked to: Hereditary Health Courts