[German Sterilization Program - Fairfield Papers]
Extent and Medium
1 electronic resource (302 pages)
Creator(s)
- Fairfield, Letitia
Scope and Content
The file contains personal papers of Letitia Fairfield, dated ca. 1930-1939, with correspondence dealing mainly with the subject of compulsory sterilisation, in particular in relation to the Nazi eugenics policy; and to the views of the Catholic Church on the subject, including correspondence with the Eugenics Society.
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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Mode of access: WWW
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Electronic access only
Electronic text and image data. Jerusalem : Yad Vashem 2015
Title viewed 29.01.2017
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe.
- National socialism--Moral and ethical aspects
- Medical ethics--Germany--History--20th century.
- Human experimentation in medicine--Germany--History--20th century.
- Family policy--Germany--1933-1945.
- Social Darwinism
- People with mental disabilities--Crimes against--Germany--History--20th century--Sources.
- Euthanasia--Germany--History--20th century--Sources
- Involuntary sterilization--Germany--History.
- People with disabilities--Nazi persecution--Germany.
- Involuntary sterilization--Austria--Vienna--History--20th century.
- National socialism and medicine--Germany
- Eugenics--Germany--History--20th century
- Jewish women in the Holocaust
- Jewish women--Violence against--Europe--History--20th century
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