Ernst Rüdin: Hitler’s Racial Hygiene Mastermind
Abstract
Ernst Rudin (1874-1952) was the founder of psychiatric genetics and was also a founder of the German racial hygiene movement. Throughout his long career he played a major role in promoting eugenic ideas and policies in Germany, including helping formulate the 1933 Nazi eugenic sterilization law and other governmental policies directed against the alleged carriers of genetic defects. In the 1940s Rudin supported the killing of children and mental...
Paper Details
Title
Ernst Rüdin: Hitler’s Racial Hygiene Mastermind
Published Date
Nov 24, 2012
Volume
46
Issue
1
Pages
1 - 30
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