Eugenics, American Progressivism, and the ‘German Idea of the State’

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by Tiffany Jones Miller / 2 Comments

Filed Under: Declaration of Independence, Eugenics, Progressivism, Richard Ely

In 1923, Fritz Lenz, a German physician and geneticist advocate of forced sterilization–a man who became one of the leading advocates of the Nazi’s “racial hygiene” program–criticized his countrymen for lagging behind the United States in the enactment of sterilization …