Forced sterilizations—medical procedures designed to make it biologically impossible to reproduce—were among the first measures the Nazi regime used to promote Nazi theories of eugenics and control human reproduction. Nazi officials and German medical professionals targeted people diagnosed with disabilities as well as Roma and Sinti and those deemed to be "asocial."
forced sterilization
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Leaflet Advertising Nazi Magazine Neues Volk
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Letter to SS Doctor Gregor Ebner
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Oral History with Rita Prigmore
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Photo of Johann Rukeli Trollmann with His Teammates
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Photograph of Theresia Winterstein and Gabriel Reinhardt
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Sign Language Testimony of Helga Gross
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Belonging and Exclusion: Reshaping Society under Nazi Rule
Sterilization Order for August Alzen