Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics

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The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics was a German research institute notorious for its role in developing and legitimizing racial science and eugenic policies during the Nazi era.

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instanceOf Nazi-era institution
research institute
scientific institution
alsoKnownAs KWI for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Anthropologie, menschliche Erblehre und Eugenik
closed 1945
collaboratedWith German universities
Nazi government
SS
country Germany
director Eugen Fischer
Fritz Lenz
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer
dissolved after World War II
fieldOfWork anthropology
eugenics
human genetics
racial science
founded 1927
foundedBy Kaiser Wilhelm Society
ideology Nazism
eugenics
scientific racism
languageOfWork German
locatedIn Berlin
namedAfter Wilhelm II, German Emperor
notableMember Hans F. K. Günther
Josef Mengele
notoriousFor legitimizing Nazi racial ideology
promoting eugenic sterilization
supporting crimes against humanity
partOf Kaiser Wilhelm Society
researchFocus hereditary diseases
population genetics
racial classification
twin studies
successor Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Max Planck Society
supportedPolicy Nazi racial laws
euthanasia programs
forced sterilization
persecution of Jews
persecution of Roma and Sinti
timePeriod Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
usedDataFrom Auschwitz experiments
concentration camp experiments

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Kaiser Wilhelm Society hasPart Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics
Eugen Fischer employer Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics alsoKnownAs KWI for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics
linked to: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics alsoKnownAs Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Anthropologie, menschliche Erblehre und Eugenik
linked to: Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics