Collection of Ethnics and History of Medicine
Extent and Medium
The collection consists of more than 600 items.
Creator(s)
- Hans Fleischhacker
Scope and Content
Initiated by Hans Fleischhacker in 1943, the collection mainly consists of more than 600 hand-, foot-, and finger-prints of mostly Jewish inmates of the Lódź Ghetto (Litzmannstadt Ghetto) in Poland. Strongly influenced by racial biology, it was the antropologists aim to use this collection for attesting the supposed morphological differences between the palms of Jews and non-Jews. It is the only collection of this kind, and testimony to the terrifying abuse of scientific methods under the National Socialists.
Conditions Governing Access
Opening hours of the collection: by appointment. The curator of the collection is PD Dr. Henning Tümmers.
Archivist Note
Entry written by Neringa based on survey and information provided by Museum of the University of Tübingen on 12 August 2017.
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0