Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
- Date
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use:
1930-1939
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irmgard Nippert
Physical Details
- Classification
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Containers
- Category
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Cases
- Object Type
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Cases (containers) (aat)
- Physical Description
- .a= case; b= skin color [Hauftarben-Tafel]; c= hair color [Haarfarben-Tafel]; d= iris markings [Iris-Zeichnumg-(Struktur)]
Box contains 3 folding cardboard charts as noted above with following text "Rassenkundliche Bestimmungs-Tafeln fuer Augen-, Harr- und...."
Each chart has sample colors or shapes used for comparing Aryan/Non Aryan features. - Dimensions
- overall: Height: 1.575 inches (4 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, linen, adhesive, ink, paint
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The case was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Irmgard Nippert.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-29 15:16:25
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn4724
Also in Dr. Irmgard Nippert collection
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.
Date: approximately 1935
Metal case containing an eye color chart and 20 artifical eyes used to verify racial identity
Object
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, Dr. Otmar Von Verschuer.
Chart
Object
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
Object
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
Object
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.
