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25x17cm, 18 pp. Series: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur in Mainz, Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Jahrgang 1950, Nr. 1. ["Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer was a German human biologist and eugenicist concerned primarily with 'racial hygiene' and twin research. He was the director of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Anthropologie, menschliche Erblehre, und Eugenik; KWIfA in Berlin and the Institut für Erbbiologie und Rassenhygiene. He received Heinrich Himmler's permission to work in Auschwitz from 1944 on. One of Verschuer's best known assistants was Josef Mengele, who, as one of the SS physicians at the Auschwitz death camp, later became known as the 'Angel of Death'. Verschuer was never tried for war crimes despite many indications that he not only was fully cognisant of Mengele's work at Auschwitz, but even encouraged and collaborated with Mengele in some of his most grisly research. In a report to the German Research Council ( Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; DFG) from 1944, Verschuer talked about Mengele's assistance in supplying the KWIfA with some 'scientific materials' from Auschwitz.,.,.Verschuer also noted in the report that the war conditions had made it difficult for the KWIfA to procure 'twin materials' for study, and that Mengele's unique position at Auschwitz offered a special opportunity in this respect.,." - wikipedia]. Seller Inventory # 020304
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