Pencil from medical bag containing anthropological instruments
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Office Equipment and Supplies
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Writing materials
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Pencils (lcsh)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Institut fur Humangenetik der Universtat
Traditionally, these instruments were used to determine fatherhood or "Vaterschaftsgutachten" in questionable cases (prior to the advent of blood tests for this purpose). They were used during the Third Reich by doctors, anthropologists and geneticists for the eugenics movement. These instruments were used to measure body parts, facial features, cranial size, eye-, skin- and hair color of various races. Results of such measurements were supposed to prove the "superiority of aryans" and the "inferiority" of Jews, Roma, Blacks and "mixed-breeds."
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Record last modified: 2020-03-16 15:00:05
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Also in Institut fur Humangenetik der Universtat collection
The collection consists of a medical bag containing two calipers and two pencils used for anthropological studies.
Medical bag used to hold anthropological instruments
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Bag holding two calipers and two pencils. Traditionally, these instruments were used to determine fatherhood or "Vatershaftsgutachten" in questionable cases (prior to the advent of blood tests for this purpose). They were used, during the Third Reich, by doctors, anthropologists and genticists, for the Eugenics movement. These instruments were used to measure body parts, facial features, cranial size, eye-, skin-, and hair color of various races. Results of such measurements were suppossed to prove the "superiority of aryans" and the "inferiority" of Jews, Roma, Blacks and "mixed-breeds."
Pencil from medical bag containing anthropological instruments
Object
Traditionally, these instruments were used to determine fatherhood or "Vaterschaftsgutachten" in questionable cases (prior to the advent of blood tests for this purpose). They were used during the Third Reich by doctors, anthropologists and geneticists for the eugenics movement. These instruments were used to measure body parts, facial features, cranial size, eye-, skin- and hair color of various races. Results of such measurements were supposed to prove the "superiority of aryans" and the "inferiority" of Jews, Roma, Blacks and "mixed-breeds."
Calipers used for measuring skulls
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Calipers for measuring skull from medical bag containing anthropological instruments. Traditionally, this instruments was used to determine fatherhood or "Vaterschaftsgutachten" in questionable cases (prior to the advent of blood tests for this purpose). It was used during the Third Reich by doctors, anthropologists and geneticists for the Eugenics movement. This instrument was used to measure body parts of various races. Results of such measurements were supposed to prove the "superiority of aryans" and the "inferiority" of Jews, Roma, Blacks and "mixed-breeds."
Caliper used to measure noses for racial studies
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Calipers for measuring nose from medical bag containing anthropological instruments. Traditionally, this object was used to determine fatherhood or "Vaterschaftsguten" in questionable cases (prior to the advent of blood tests for this purpose). It was used during the Third Reich by doctors, anthropologists and geneticists for the eugenics movement. This instrument was used to measure body parts of various races. Results of such measurements were supposed to prove the "superiority of aryans" and the "inferiority" of Jews, Roma, Blacks and "mixed-breeds."
