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The Resource Racial hygiene, directed by Guillaume Dreyfus

Racial hygiene, directed by Guillaume Dreyfus

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Everyone knows that eugenics was one of the ideological pillars of Nazism. What is less well known is that the practice began in the United States at the start of the 20th century. Before being employed by the Nazis in what remains the most deadly program of 'racial purification', eugenics was a very popular concept among scientists in the United States and Europe. The science of 'good birth', which aims to create the perfect human being, sets out to achieve this by preventing reproduction of those perceived as weak, sick, disabled, or otherwise 'degenerate'. As early as 1907, the United States applied the first eugenics laws, which continued to be in force until the 1970s. More than 60,000 people were denied children under widespread campaigns of forced sterilization. In Sweden, 63,000 people were sterilized, mostly after the Second World War. This involved those with mental problems, epileptics, and the 'weak-minded' - as well as those considered unable to take care of their children or else single mothers on welfare, certain minorities and the poor. The film switches deftly between the explanation of historians and the testimony of victims who continue to struggle for recognition of the harm they have suffered, which has been erased from the collective memory. From North Carolina to Sweden and Germany, a terrifying journey into this quest for the 'best of worlds'
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (54 min.)
Note
Title from resource description page (viewed May 27, 2015)
Link
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?WHIV;2657549
Instance
Label
Racial hygiene
Title
Racial hygiene
Statement of responsibility
directed by Guillaume Dreyfus
Contributor
Director
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Everyone knows that eugenics was one of the ideological pillars of Nazism. What is less well known is that the practice began in the United States at the start of the 20th century. Before being employed by the Nazis in what remains the most deadly program of 'racial purification', eugenics was a very popular concept among scientists in the United States and Europe. The science of 'good birth', which aims to create the perfect human being, sets out to achieve this by preventing reproduction of those perceived as weak, sick, disabled, or otherwise 'degenerate'. As early as 1907, the United States applied the first eugenics laws, which continued to be in force until the 1970s. More than 60,000 people were denied children under widespread campaigns of forced sterilization. In Sweden, 63,000 people were sterilized, mostly after the Second World War. This involved those with mental problems, epileptics, and the 'weak-minded' - as well as those considered unable to take care of their children or else single mothers on welfare, certain minorities and the poor. The film switches deftly between the explanation of historians and the testimony of victims who continue to struggle for recognition of the harm they have suffered, which has been erased from the collective memory. From North Carolina to Sweden and Germany, a terrifying journey into this quest for the 'best of worlds'
Cataloging source
VaAlASP
Characteristic
videorecording
Language note
In English
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Dreyfus, Guillaume
Runtime
54
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Eugenics
  • Involuntary sterilization
  • Reproductive rights
Target audience
adult
Label
Racial hygiene, directed by Guillaume Dreyfus
Link
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?WHIV;2657549
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Publication
Note
Title from resource description page (viewed May 27, 2015)
Carrier category
  • online resource
  • other
Carrier category code
  • cr
  • vz
Carrier MARC source
  • rdacarrier
  • rdacarrier
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ASP2657549/whiv
Dimensions
  • unknown
  • other
Extent
1 online resource (54 min.)
Form of item
online
Media category
  • video
  • computer
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
  • c
Reformatting quality
access
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
System control number
  • (Sirsi) ASP2657549/whi
  • (OCoLC)911956593
Video recording format
other
Label
Racial hygiene, directed by Guillaume Dreyfus
Link
http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?WHIV;2657549
Publication
Note
Title from resource description page (viewed May 27, 2015)
Carrier category
  • online resource
  • other
Carrier category code
  • cr
  • vz
Carrier MARC source
  • rdacarrier
  • rdacarrier
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ASP2657549/whiv
Dimensions
  • unknown
  • other
Extent
1 online resource (54 min.)
Form of item
online
Media category
  • video
  • computer
Media MARC source
  • rdamedia
  • rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
  • c
Reformatting quality
access
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
System control number
  • (Sirsi) ASP2657549/whi
  • (OCoLC)911956593
Video recording format
other

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