Hereditary Health Courts

E197488

Nazi tribunal eugenic institution special court

Hereditary Health Courts were special Nazi-era tribunals in Germany that decided which individuals would be forcibly sterilized under eugenic policies targeting those deemed genetically "unfit."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hereditary Health Courts canonical	1
Hereditary Health Supreme Courts	1
Higher Hereditary Health Courts	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazi tribunal ⓘ eugenic institution ⓘ special court ⓘ
abolished	after 1945 ⓘ
activeDuring	Third Reich ⓘ
appealTo	Hereditary Health Courts self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Higher Hereditary Health Courts
appliedInJurisdiction	Germany ⓘ
appliesPolicy	forced sterilization ⓘ racial hygiene ⓘ
composition	jurist ⓘ medical doctor ⓘ public health official ⓘ
consequenceOfDecision	involuntary sterilization surgery ⓘ
country	Nazi Germany ⓘ
decisionType	rejection of sterilization petition ⓘ sterilization order ⓘ
GermanName	Erbgesundheitsgerichte ⓘ
historicalAssessment	crime against humanity ⓘ
humanRightsImpact	violation of bodily integrity ⓘ violation of reproductive rights ⓘ
ideology	Nazi racial ideology ⓘ eugenics ⓘ
inception	1934 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	German ⓘ
legalBasis	Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring ⓘ surface form: Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring ⓘ
location	local courts in Germany ⓘ
mainFunction	decide on compulsory sterilization cases ⓘ enforce Nazi eugenic policy ⓘ
notableFeature	pseudo-scientific use of genetics in legal decisions ⓘ systematic targeting of marginalized groups ⓘ
partOf	Nazi population policy ⓘ Reich Health Office ⓘ surface form: Nazi public health system
procedure	cases initiated by physicians ⓘ hearings on sterilization petitions ⓘ
replacedBy	ordinary courts in postwar Germany ⓘ
subordinateTo	Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany ⓘ surface form: Reich Ministry of the Interior
targetedCondition	Huntington's chorea ⓘ surface form: Huntington’s chorea congenital feeblemindedness ⓘ hereditary blindness ⓘ hereditary deafness ⓘ hereditary epilepsy ⓘ manic-depressive illness ⓘ schizophrenia ⓘ severe alcoholism ⓘ severe hereditary physical deformity ⓘ
targetedGroup	people deemed hereditarily diseased ⓘ people labeled genetically unfit ⓘ
timePeriod	Third Reich ⓘ surface form: Nazi era

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring → implementedBy → Hereditary Health Courts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hereditary Health Supreme Courts

Hereditary Health Courts → appealTo → Hereditary Health Courts self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Higher Hereditary Health Courts