Dr. Irmgard Nippert collection

Identifier: irn61387
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn61387

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Dr. Irmgard Nippert.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts used at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics, the Berlin center for racial experiments and research in Nazi Germany.

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Case containing charts to identify skin, hair and eye color
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4724
- English
- 1930-1939
- overall: Height: 1.575 inches (4 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Originally in the holdings of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. Transferred to the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Muenster in 1952 by founding director and former Wilhelm Institute director, Dr. Otmar Von Verschuer. This set was used for racial experiments and research to promote Nazi ideology and racial distinctions at the Kaiser Wilhelm Anthropological Institute in Berlin. The charts were printed by J.F. Lehmann Publishers in Munich. This publishing house was noted for printing material on eugenics.
Chart
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4725
- English
- 1930-1939
- overall: Height: 0.830 inches (2.108 cm) | Width: 4.130 inches (10.49 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Racial classification set used to classify skin colors. Originally in the holdings of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. Transferred to the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Muenster in 1952 by founding director and former Wilhelm Institute director, Dr. Otmar Von Verschuer.
Chart
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4726
- English
- 1930-1939
- overall: Height: 0.830 inches (2.108 cm) | Width: 4.130 inches (10.49 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Racial classification set used to classify hair shades. Originally in the holdings of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. Transferred to the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Muenster in 1952 by founding director and former Wilhelm Institute director, Dr. Otmar Von Verschuer.
Chart
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4727
- English
- 1930-1939
- overall: Height: 2.990 inches (7.595 cm) | Width: 6.570 inches (16.688 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Racial classification set used to classify iris markings. Originally in the holdings of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. Transferred to the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Muenster in 1952 by founding director and former Wilhelm Institute director, Dr. Otmar Von Verschuer.
Metal case containing an eye color chart and 20 artifical eyes used to verify racial identity
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4728
- English
- overall: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Metal case containing an eye chart [Augenfarben-Tafel] with twenty glass eye balls of various colors. The chart was used for racial experiments and research to promote Nazi ideology and racial distinctions. Prepared by Rud. Martin and Bruno K. Schultz. It was produced by Lehmann Publishers in Munich. J.F. Lehmann was a publishing house noted for printing materials on eugenics. Originally in the holdings of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin. Transferred to the Institute for Human Genetics at the University of Muenster in 1952 by founding director and former Wilhelm Institute director, D...

Dr. Irmgard Nippert collection

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Case containing charts to identify skin, hair and eye color

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Metal case containing an eye color chart and 20 artifical eyes used to verify racial identity