In a statement marking the 75th anniversary of the “Prevention of Progeny with Hereditary Diseases Act”, the German Society of Human Genetics said scientists had colluded with the Nazis to write and implement the brutal law.
Germany’s genetics society on Monday condemned the practices of geneticists who during the Third Reich helped the Nazi regime murder thousands of handicapped people.
“In view of the state of knowledge of genetics at the time, their actions were indefensible, since it should have been clear that the eugenic measures planned were not only morally wrong but biological nonsense,” the society said.
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