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The first victims were not Jews per se, but Germans. That is to say, that the Nazis first murdered mentally and physically handicapped Germans that they considered to be unworthy of living. In so doing, they drew on the long history of the eugenics movement.
In this episode, I talked with Marius Turda about the role eugenics played in the Nazi state, its connections to the larger global eugenics movement, and the echoes of this history today.
Marius Turda is a professor and historian of eugenics and the Holocaust as well as the director of the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University.
Turda, Marius. Modernism and Eugenics (2010)
Turda, Marius. Eugenics and Nation in Early 20th Century Hungary (2014)
Follow on Twitter @holocaustpod.
Email the podcast at [email protected]
The Holocaust History Podcast homepage is here
You can find a complete reading list with books by our guests and also their suggestions here.
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Send a text
The first victims were not Jews per se, but Germans. That is to say, that the Nazis first murdered mentally and physically handicapped Germans that they considered to be unworthy of living. In so doing, they drew on the long history of the eugenics movement.
In this episode, I talked with Marius Turda about the role eugenics played in the Nazi state, its connections to the larger global eugenics movement, and the echoes of this history today.
Marius Turda is a professor and historian of eugenics and the Holocaust as well as the director of the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University.
Turda, Marius. Modernism and Eugenics (2010)
Turda, Marius. Eugenics and Nation in Early 20th Century Hungary (2014)
Follow on Twitter @holocaustpod.
Email the podcast at [email protected]
The Holocaust History Podcast homepage is here
You can find a complete reading list with books by our guests and also their suggestions here.

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