From Racism to Genocide: Anthropology in the Third Reich
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From Racism to Genocide: Anthropology in the Third Reich is a fascinating and provocative analysis of archival materials by Gretchen E. Schafft, many of which were recently discovered, that demonstrate the complicity of German anthropologists in creating, disseminating, and realizing the Nazi worldview as outlined by Adolf Hitler. As an applied anthropologist, Schafft was able to provide critical insight into the social-anthropological worldview that the Nazis, in keeping with the Führer Principle, were striving to realize. German social scientists became perpetrators of genocide when they allowed their scientific study to mesh with the radical and deadly racial ideals and policies of the Third Reich. The support of the scientific community legitimized the Nazi worldview and facilitated the efforts to achieve it. Seduced by the ability to conduct research without restraint, the anthropologists became leaders, collaborators, and perpetrators in developing and implementing racial policy in Hitler’s Germany.
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