Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics

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The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics was a German research institute notorious for its role in developing and legitimizing racial science and eugenic policies during the Nazi era.

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instanceOf Nazi-era institution ⓘ
research institute ⓘ
scientific institution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs KWI for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics ⓘ
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Anthropologie, menschliche Erblehre und Eugenik ⓘ
closed 1945 ⓘ
collaboratedWith German universities ⓘ
Nazi government ⓘ
SS ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
director Eugen Fischer ⓘ
Fritz Lenz ⓘ
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer ⓘ
dissolved after World War II ⓘ
fieldOfWork anthropology ⓘ
eugenics ⓘ
human genetics ⓘ
racial science ⓘ
founded 1927 ⓘ
foundedBy Kaiser Wilhelm Society ⓘ
ideology Nazism ⓘ
eugenics ⓘ
scientific racism ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
locatedIn Berlin ⓘ
namedAfter Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
notableMember Hans F. K. Günther ⓘ
Josef Mengele ⓘ
notoriousFor legitimizing Nazi racial ideology ⓘ
promoting eugenic sterilization ⓘ
supporting crimes against humanity ⓘ
partOf Kaiser Wilhelm Society ⓘ
researchFocus hereditary diseases ⓘ
population genetics ⓘ
racial classification ⓘ
twin studies ⓘ
successor Max Planck Institute for Human Development ⓘ
Max Planck Society ⓘ
supportedPolicy Nazi racial laws ⓘ
euthanasia programs ⓘ
forced sterilization ⓘ
persecution of Jews ⓘ
persecution of Roma and Sinti ⓘ
timePeriod Nazi Germany ⓘ
Weimar Republic ⓘ
usedDataFrom Auschwitz experiments ⓘ
concentration camp experiments ⓘ

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Kaiser Wilhelm Society → hasPart → Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics ⓘ
Eugen Fischer → employer → Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics ⓘ
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics → alsoKnownAs → KWI for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics ⓘ
linked to: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics → alsoKnownAs → Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Anthropologie, menschliche Erblehre und Eugenik ⓘ
linked to: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics