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Eugenics

Eugenics. How it affected Hitler. http://www.theotherjournal.com/article_files/nazi%20eugenics%20poster.jpg. Eugenics how Darwin started it all. Eugenics started with Darwin’s theory of natural selection The natural selection theories meant the fittest survived.

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Eugenics

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  1. Eugenics How it affected Hitler.

  2. http://www.theotherjournal.com/article_files/nazi%20eugenics%20poster.jpghttp://www.theotherjournal.com/article_files/nazi%20eugenics%20poster.jpg

  3. Eugenics how Darwin started it all • Eugenics started with Darwin’s theory of natural selection • The natural selection theories meant the fittest survived

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  5. Where eugenics occurred during the holocaust • The idea of eugenics started with Darwin and became popular in Germany. • Eugenics spread across Europe and into North America when Hitler ruled.

  6. Margaret Sanger • Margaret Sanger was influential in America during the Holocaust. • She was the spokeswoman for contraception. • Placed abortion clinics in bad areas with minorities so they would not have children.

  7. W. Davenport • Davenport was a known eugenicist and zoologist. • Worked as a professor at the university of Chicago. • Headed a “station for experimental evolution.” in New York.

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  9. Hitler’s fascination with Eugenics • Hitler wanted a pure and prime race similar to the Nordic race. • Hitler got rid of anyone who did not fit his strict criteria for a perfect race. • Hitler targeted the old, crippled, and mentally unfit.

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