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."

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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