Overview
- Brief Narrative
- 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.
- Date
-
use:
approximately 1930-1945
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Irmgard Nippert
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Tools and Equipment
- Category
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Measuring instruments
- Object Type
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Medical checklists (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Materials
- overall : metal, glass
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The eye chart kit was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1991 by Irmgard Nippert.
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- 2025-04-11 17:20:54
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