Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
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The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring was a 1933 Nazi eugenics statute that mandated the forced sterilization of hundreds of thousands of people deemed genetically "unfit," including those with disabilities and certain illnesses.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring canonical | 3 |
| Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses | 2 |
| Sterilization Law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T302553 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring Context triple: [NaziRacialPolicy, implementedThroughLaw, Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring]
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A.
Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.
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B.
Reed v. Reed
Reed v. Reed is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that for the first time struck down a law for discriminating on the basis of sex under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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C.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is the UK’s independent regulator overseeing fertility treatment and embryo research to ensure safety, ethical standards, and compliance with the law.
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D.
NurembergLaws
The Nuremberg Laws were a set of antisemitic racial laws enacted by Nazi Germany in 1935 that stripped Jews of citizenship and laid crucial legal groundwork for their systematic persecution during the Holocaust.
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E.
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Planned Parenthood v. Casey is a landmark 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion while allowing greater state regulation under the “undue burden” standard.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring Target entity description: The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring was a 1933 Nazi eugenics statute that mandated the forced sterilization of hundreds of thousands of people deemed genetically "unfit," including those with disabilities and certain illnesses.
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A.
Doe v. Bolton
Doe v. Bolton is a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Roe v. Wade, expanded and defined the scope of abortion rights by striking down restrictive state regulations.
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B.
Reed v. Reed
Reed v. Reed is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that for the first time struck down a law for discriminating on the basis of sex under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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C.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is the UK’s independent regulator overseeing fertility treatment and embryo research to ensure safety, ethical standards, and compliance with the law.
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D.
NurembergLaws
The Nuremberg Laws were a set of antisemitic racial laws enacted by Nazi Germany in 1935 that stripped Jews of citizenship and laid crucial legal groundwork for their systematic persecution during the Holocaust.
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E.
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
Planned Parenthood v. Casey is a landmark 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision that reaffirmed the constitutional right to abortion while allowing greater state regulation under the “undue burden” standard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Nazi law
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eugenics law ⓘ sterilization law ⓘ |
| appliesTo | both men and women ⓘ |
| considered | crime against humanity in historical assessments ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1933-07-14 ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1934-01-01 ⓘ |
| enactedBy |
Government of Adolf Hitler
ⓘ
Nazi regime ⓘ
linked to:
Nazi Germany
|
| estimatedNumberOfVictims |
approximately 350000
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hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
early Nazi consolidation of power
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precursor to Nazi euthanasia programs ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis |
Nazi racial ideology
ⓘ
eugenics movement ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Hereditary Health Courts
ⓘ
Hereditary Health Supreme Courts ⓘ
linked to:
Hereditary Health Courts
|
| inspiredBy |
U.S. compulsory sterilization laws
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international eugenics legislation ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Germany ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legalForm | statute ⓘ |
| legalStatusAfter1945 | repealed or rendered void in postwar Germany ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses ⓘ |
| partOf |
Nazi racial hygiene policy
ⓘ
linked to:
NaziRacialPolicy
|
| penalty | forced sterilization ⓘ |
| procedure | compulsory sterilization orders ⓘ |
| purpose |
to enforce compulsory sterilization of targeted groups
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to prevent births of people deemed hereditarily diseased ⓘ |
| relatedProgram |
Aktion T4
ⓘ
linked to:
Aktion T4 euthanasia program
|
| shortName | Sterilization Law ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
eugenics
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forced sterilization ⓘ public health policy ⓘ |
| targetedCondition |
Huntington's chorea
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congenital feeblemindedness ⓘ hereditary blindness ⓘ hereditary deafness ⓘ hereditary epilepsy ⓘ manic-depressive insanity ⓘ schizophrenia ⓘ severe alcoholism ⓘ severe hereditary physical deformity ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
people labeled hereditarily diseased
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people with certain physical illnesses ⓘ people with disabilities ⓘ people with mental illnesses ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Nazi era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring Description of subject: The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring was a 1933 Nazi eugenics statute that mandated the forced sterilization of hundreds of thousands of people deemed genetically "unfit," including those with disabilities and certain illnesses.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
NaziRacialPolicy
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implementedThroughLaw
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Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
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Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany
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notableLaw
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Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
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linked to: Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
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originalTitle
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Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses
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linked to: Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring
linked to: Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring