Publisher's Synopsis
A new perspective on Nazism as "applied biology", which analyzes in detail the several circumstances that made that most of the German medical community play a crucial role in the policy of extermination of the regime. Hitler's Doctors is a detailed and accurate analysis of the plans for the extermination of disabled children and mentally ill persons, coordinated and implemented by doctors, that led to mass murder in death camps and ghastly medical experiments carried out by renowned professionals. A thorough analysis of the crucial role played by most of the medical community in the policy of extermination of lesser races and the creation of an Aryan super race. A journey through all the aspects of Hitler's biopolitics of extermination; from the early eugenics movement in Germany, the publication of Mein Kampf, the forced sterilization programs, the Aktion 4, the inoculations of malaria, the experiments with mustard gas... to the proceedings that stopped these practices.
