Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring

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Nazi law eugenics law sterilization law

The Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring was a 1933 Nazi eugenics statute that mandated the forced sterilization of hundreds of thousands of people deemed genetically "unfit," including those with disabilities and certain illnesses.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses 1
Sterilization Law 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi law ⓘ
eugenics law ⓘ
sterilization law ⓘ
appliesTo both men and women ⓘ
considered crime against humanity in historical assessments ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateEnacted 1933-07-14 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1934-01-01 ⓘ
enactedBy Government of Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
surface form: Nazi regime
estimatedNumberOfVictims approximately 350000 ⓘ
hundreds of thousands ⓘ
historicalContext early Nazi consolidation of power ⓘ
precursor to Nazi euthanasia programs ⓘ
ideologicalBasis Nazi racial ideology ⓘ
eugenics movement ⓘ
implementedBy Hereditary Health Courts ⓘ
Hereditary Health Courts ⓘ
surface form: Hereditary Health Supreme Courts
inspiredBy U.S. compulsory sterilization laws ⓘ
international eugenics legislation ⓘ
jurisdiction Germany ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalForm statute ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1945 repealed or rendered void in postwar Germany ⓘ
originalTitle Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses
partOf NaziRacialPolicy ⓘ
surface form: Nazi racial hygiene policy
penalty forced sterilization ⓘ
procedure compulsory sterilization orders ⓘ
purpose to enforce compulsory sterilization of targeted groups ⓘ
to prevent births of people deemed hereditarily diseased ⓘ
relatedProgram Aktion T4 euthanasia program ⓘ
surface form: Aktion T4
shortName Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sterilization Law
subjectMatter eugenics ⓘ
forced sterilization ⓘ
public health policy ⓘ
targetedCondition Huntington's chorea ⓘ
congenital feeblemindedness ⓘ
hereditary blindness ⓘ
hereditary deafness ⓘ
hereditary epilepsy ⓘ
manic-depressive insanity ⓘ
schizophrenia ⓘ
severe alcoholism ⓘ
severe hereditary physical deformity ⓘ
targetedGroup people labeled hereditarily diseased ⓘ
people with certain physical illnesses ⓘ
people with disabilities ⓘ
people with mental illnesses ⓘ
timePeriod Nazi era ⓘ

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

NaziRacialPolicy → implementedThroughLaw → Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring ⓘ
Ministry of the Interior of Nazi Germany → notableLaw → Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring ⓘ
Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring → originalTitle → Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gesetz zur Verhütung erbkranken Nachwuchses
Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring → shortName → Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sterilization Law