Institut für Humangenetik der Universität Göttingen collection

Identifier
irn86029
Language of Description
English
Level of Description
Collection
Source
EHRI Partner

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by the Institut für Humangenetik der Universität Göttingen.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a medical case containing two calipers and two pencils used as part of anthropological race studies during the eugenics movement in Germany before the Holocaust.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.