Lantern slide
Extent and Medium
Height: 1.180 inches (2.997 cm) | Width: 3.150 inches (8.001 cm) | Depth: 1.570 inches (3.988 cm)
Archival History
The lantern slide was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Dr. Irmgard Nippert.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irmgard Nippert
Scope and Content
The lantern slide is from the holdings of the former Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. This Institute for anthropology and genetics was one of many centers used for the study of eugenics during the Third Reich. Aside from ordering sterilization and other eugenic "procedures," medical experiments originating in euthenasia killing centers and concentration camps were also evaluated at the Institute. Such names as Von Verschuer, Fischer, and Mengele are associated with the Institute. The slide was probably used for teaching purposes. The slide contains information used to back up so-called eugenic and racial theories prevalent during the Third Reich. The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin was disbanded after World War II. In 1952, the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Muenster was founded and appointed Dr. Otmar Von Verschuer as its director; as the former director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, he brought with him a large number of books and materials. An employee of the Institute, Dr. Irmgard Nippert, saved the slide from being disposed.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
horizontal orientation; image of skeletons of the Vienna giant and normal size person (side by side)
Corporate Bodies
- Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Anthropologie, menschliche Erblehre und Eugenik
Subjects
- Eugenics--Germany.
Genre
- Object
- Photographs