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One German student was [[Josef Mengele|Josef Mengele]], who studied anthropology and paleontology and received his Ph.D. for his thesis entitled "Racial Morphological Research on the Lower Jaw Section of Four Racial Groups." In 1937, Mengele was recommended for and received a position as a research assistant with the Third Reich Institute for Hereditary, Biology and Racial Purity at the University of Frankfort.  He became the "Angel of Death" for directing the operation of gas chambers of the Holocaust and for conducting horrific medical experiments on inmates in pursuit of eugenics.

One German student was [[Josef Mengele|Josef Mengele]], who studied anthropology and paleontology and received his Ph.D. for his thesis entitled "Racial Morphological Research on the Lower Jaw Section of Four Racial Groups." In 1937, Mengele was recommended for and received a position as a research assistant with the Third Reich Institute for Hereditary, Biology and Racial Purity at the University of Frankfort.  He became the "Angel of Death" for directing the operation of gas chambers of [[the Holocaust]] and for conducting horrific medical experiments on inmates in pursuit of eugenics.

==Genocide==

==Genocide==

The [[liberal]] American Medical Society provided this summary:<ref>Barondess, Jeremiah A. (November 27, 1996).  "Medicine against society: lessons from the Third Reich".  ''The Journal of the American Medical Association'', vol. 276, vol. 20, p. 1657(5).</ref>

The [[liberal]] American Medical Society provided this summary:<ref>Barondess, Jeremiah A. (November 27, 1996).  "Medicine against society: lessons from the Third Reich".  ''The Journal of the American Medical Association'', vol. 276, vol. 20, p. 1657(5).</ref>

   

   

:"The publication of Darwin's ''[[Origin of Species]]'' in 1859 led to the rise of the eugenics movement in Europe.  Eugenics supporters believed that [[race]]s could be improved by [[selective breeding]].  The Nazi Party adopted this belief and began a campaign against the Jews. Many physicians joined the [[Nazi Party]] because they needed jobs."

:"The publication of Darwin's ''[[Origin of Species]]'' in 1859 led to the rise of the eugenics movement in Europe.  Eugenics supporters believed that [[race]]s could be improved by [[selective breeding]].  The [[Nazi Party]] adopted this belief and began a campaign against the Jews. Many physicians joined the Nazi Party because they needed jobs."

Many genocides have been commited in the name of Eugenics, most notably [[the Holocaust]]. Adolf Hitler was a strong believer in eugenics and evolution and believed that Jewish people were closest to apes, followed by Africans, Asians, non-Aryan Europeans, and finally Aryans, who he believed were most evolved.

Many genocides have been commited in the name of Eugenics, most notably the Holocaust. [[Adolf Hitler]] was a strong believer in eugenics and evolution and believed that Jewish people were closest to apes, followed by Africans, Asians, non-Aryan Europeans, and finally Aryans, who he believed were most evolved.

Pat Milmoe McCarrick and Mary Carrington Coutts, reference librarians for the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature at Georgetown University, were more succinct:  "The Nazi [[racial hygiene]] program began with involuntary sterilizations and ended with [[genocide]]." <ref>McCarrick, Pat Milmoe and Coutts, Mary Carrington et al. (June 1995). [http://web.archive.org/web/20041013060122/http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/scopenotes/sn28.htm "Introduction"].  ''Eugenics'', Scope Note series, no. 28.  Georgetown University/The Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics/National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature website.  Retrieved from October 13, 2004 archive at Internet Archive on September 18, 2014.</ref>

Pat Milmoe McCarrick and Mary Carrington Coutts, reference librarians for the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature at Georgetown University, were more succinct:  "The Nazi [[racial hygiene]] program began with involuntary sterilizations and ended with [[genocide]]." <ref>McCarrick, Pat Milmoe and Coutts, Mary Carrington et al. (June 1995). [http://web.archive.org/web/20041013060122/http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/scopenotes/sn28.htm "Introduction"].  ''Eugenics'', Scope Note series, no. 28.  Georgetown University/The Joseph and Rose Kennedy Institute of Ethics/National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature website.  Retrieved from October 13, 2004 archive at Internet Archive on September 18, 2014.</ref>