Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race

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pp.226. Heavy book; additional postage may apply. Bremer explores the relationship between tourism commerce and religious pilgrimage sites using the missions of San Antonio Texas and other San Antonio related phenomena as prime examples From 1933 to 1945 Hitler s regime attempted to realize its vision of a biologically healthy and ethnically homogeneous population through racial hygiene programs designed to cleanse German society of those perceived to threaten its biological health Deadly Medicine examines the critical role German physicians scientists public health officials and academic experts played in supporting and implementing the s program of racial eugenics which culminated in the Holocaust Illustrated with many never before published photographs images from rare publications and historical artifacts Deadly Medicine presents essays by internationally recognized authorities that provide the wider contextual framework for a compelling visual and documentary exploration of the origins of the Holocaust This publication is an accompaniment to the exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum running from April 22 2004 through October 16 2005

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ISBN 0807829161
ISBN13 9780807829165
Number of pages 226
Original Title Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race
Published Date 2004
Book Condition very good
Jacket Condition very good
Binding hardcover
Size 4to
Place of Publication Chapel Hill
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pp.226. Heavy book; additional postage may apply. Bremer explores the relationship between tourism commerce and religious pilgrimage sites using the missions of San Antonio Texas and other San Antonio related phenomena as prime examples From 1933 to 1945 Hitler s regime attempted to realize its vision of a biologically healthy and ethnically homogeneous population through racial hygiene programs designed to cleanse German society of those perceived to threaten its biological health Deadly Medicine examines the critical role German physicians scientists public health officials and academic experts played in supporting and implementing the s program of racial eugenics which culminated in the Holocaust Illustrated with many never before published photographs images from rare publications and historical artifacts Deadly Medicine presents essays by internationally recognized authorities that provide the wider contextual framework for a compelling visual and documentary exploration of the origins of the Holocaust This publication is an accompaniment to the exhibition at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum running from April 22 2004 through October 16 2005

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Weight 2 kg