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Darwin's evolutionary racism would have enormous impact in early 20th century, eventually leading to [[eugenics]] programs (first devised by Darwin's cousin [[Francis Galton]]) in American and Europe, and also influencing [[Adolph Hitler]].
Darwin's evolutionary racism would have enormous impact in early 20th century, eventually leading to [[eugenics]] programs (first devised by Darwin's cousin [[Francis Galton]]) in American and Europe, and also influencing [[Adolph Hitler]].
[[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] also wrote in ''Mein Kampf'':
[[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] wrote in ''Mein Kampf'':
{{cquote|The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness. Only the born weakling can view this as cruel, but he, after all, is only a weak and limited man; for if this law did not prevail, any conceivable higher development (Hoherentwicklung) of organic living beings would be unthinkable.<ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=268</ref>}}
{{cquote|The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness. Only the born weakling can view this as cruel, but he, after all, is only a weak and limited man; for if this law did not prevail, any conceivable higher development (Hoherentwicklung) of organic living beings would be unthinkable.<ref>http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articles&action=view&ID=268</ref>}}
{{cquote|The Germans were the higher race, destined for a glorious evolutionary future. For this reason it was essential that the Jews should be segregated, otherwise mixed marriages would take place. Were this to happen, all nature’s efforts “to establish an evolutionary higher stage of being may thus be rendered futile” (''Mein Kampf''). <ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1675</ref>}}
{{cquote|The Germans were the higher race, destined for a glorious evolutionary future. For this reason it was essential that the Jews should be segregated, otherwise mixed marriages would take place. Were this to happen, all nature’s efforts “to establish an evolutionary higher stage of being may thus be rendered futile” (''Mein Kampf''). <ref>http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1675</ref>}}
However conflict arises among historians because Hitler himself banned many of Darwin's book's <ref>[http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/burnedbooks/documents.htm#blacklist</ref> List of Banned Books by Hitler] and the [[Nazi]] movment was inspired in part by the teachings of [[Martin Luther]] who was generally against the notion of evoltuion.
However conflict arises among historians because Hitler himself banned many of Darwin's book's <ref>[http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/burnedbooks/documents.htm#blacklist</ref> List of Banned Books by Hitler] and the [[Nazi]] movment was inspired in part by the teachings of [[Martin Luther]] who was generally against the notion of evoltuion.