Institut für Humangenetik der Universität Göttingen collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn3372
• English
• overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Carrying case for a set of anthropometry instruments used to measure body parts as part of eugenics studies conducted in Nazi-controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. Anthropometry is a branch of Anthropology that focuses on how to systematically identify and classify a range of physical characteristics found within different populations of people. This methodological approach was well-suited to the rising emphasis on eugenics, often referred to as racial hygiene, in Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. Many supporters linked eugenics to race, and believed that “race mixing,” modern medicine, k...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn3373
• English
• overall: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Spreading calipers, for measuring heads, from a set of anthropometry instruments used as part of eugenics studies conducted in Nazi-controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. Anthropometry is a branch of Anthropology that focuses on how to systematically identify and classify a range of physical characteristics found within different populations of people. This methodological approach was well-suited to the rising emphasis on eugenics, often referred to as racial hygiene, in Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. Many supporters linked eugenics to race, and believed that “race mixing,” modern medic...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn3374
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Abawerke sliding calipers for measuring noses and ears, from a set of anthropometry instruments used as part of eugenics studies conducted in Nazi-controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. Anthropometry is a branch of Anthropology that focuses on how to systematically identify and classify a range of physical characteristics found within different populations of people. This methodological approach was well-suited to the rising emphasis on eugenics, often referred to as racial hygiene, in Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. Many supporters linked eugenics to race, and believed that “race mixing...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn3375
• English
• overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Diameter: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Faber-Castell grease pencil for noting measurements on skin, from a set of anthropometry instruments used as part of eugenics studies conducted in Nazi-controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. Anthropometry is a branch of Anthropology that focuses on how to systematically identify and classify a range of physical characteristics found within different populations of people. This methodological approach was well-suited to the rising emphasis on eugenics, often referred to as racial hygiene, in Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. Many supporters linked eugenics to race, and believed that “race m...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn3376
• English
• overall: Height: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Diameter: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Staedtler pencil for recording measurements, from a set of anthropometry instruments used as part of eugenics studies conducted in Nazi-controlled Germany from 1933 to 1945. Anthropometry is a branch of Anthropology that focuses on how to systematically identify and classify a range of physical characteristics found within different populations of people. This methodological approach was well-suited to the rising emphasis on eugenics, often referred to as racial hygiene, in Germany during the 1920s and 1930s. Many supporters linked eugenics to race, and believed that “race mixing,” modern m...