Robert N. Proctor is Professor of History and, by courtesy, of Medicine, at Stanford University.

Proctor’s carefully argued book not only forces us to reassess the dynamics of Nazism but also challenges pervasive notions about the political neutrality and objective value of science and the moral innocence of scientists… [A] provocative study.

• Introduction 1. The Origins of Racial Hygiene 2. "Neutral Racism": The Case of Fritz Lenz 3. Political Biology: Doctors in the Nazi Cause 4. The Sterilization Law 5. The Control of Women 6. Anti-Semitism in the German Medical Community 7. The Destruction of "Lives Not Worth Living" 8. The "Organic Vision" of Nazi Racial Science 9. Medical Resistance: The Association of Socialist Physicians 10. The Politics of Knowledge Epilogue. Postwar Legacies Appendix A: German Medical journals under the Nazis Appendix B: University and Research Institutes Devoted to Racial Hygiene Bibliography Notes Index

Robert N. Proctor is Professor of History and, by courtesy, of Medicine, at Stanford University.

Proctor’s carefully argued book not only forces us to reassess the dynamics of Nazism but also challenges pervasive notions about the political neutrality and objective value of science and the moral innocence of scientists… [A] provocative study.

• Introduction 1. The Origins of Racial Hygiene 2. "Neutral Racism": The Case of Fritz Lenz 3. Political Biology: Doctors in the Nazi Cause 4. The Sterilization Law 5. The Control of Women 6. Anti-Semitism in the German Medical Community 7. The Destruction of "Lives Not Worth Living" 8. The "Organic Vision" of Nazi Racial Science 9. Medical Resistance: The Association of Socialist Physicians 10. The Politics of Knowledge Epilogue. Postwar Legacies Appendix A: German Medical journals under the Nazis Appendix B: University and Research Institutes Devoted to Racial Hygiene Bibliography Notes Index

Robert N. Proctor is Professor of History and, by courtesy, of Medicine, at Stanford University.

Proctor’s carefully argued book not only forces us to reassess the dynamics of Nazism but also challenges pervasive notions about the political neutrality and objective value of science and the moral innocence of scientists… [A] provocative study.

• Introduction 1. The Origins of Racial Hygiene 2. "Neutral Racism": The Case of Fritz Lenz 3. Political Biology: Doctors in the Nazi Cause 4. The Sterilization Law 5. The Control of Women 6. Anti-Semitism in the German Medical Community 7. The Destruction of "Lives Not Worth Living" 8. The "Organic Vision" of Nazi Racial Science 9. Medical Resistance: The Association of Socialist Physicians 10. The Politics of Knowledge Epilogue. Postwar Legacies Appendix A: German Medical journals under the Nazis Appendix B: University and Research Institutes Devoted to Racial Hygiene Bibliography Notes Index