Cleansing the Fatherland: Nazi Medicine and Racial Hygiene

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Summary: Dirty Nazi Bastards
Review: A very sick and werid book. It seemed like the book put what the Nazis did into a positive light

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Summary: not for everyone
Review: This book is an exceptional survey of the development of a genocidal mentality among the doctors of the Third Reich. Of great interest to those doing research on this topic are the diaries of Nazi anatomist,Dr. Hermann Voss in Posen during the war. It demonstrates, among other things, a pervasive manichaean attitude that extended from Hitler on down- A tendency to view the world in all-or-nothing terms. The characters are largely repulsive (Dr. Friedrich Mennecke referring to victims as "portions")and it is sometimes hard to handle the intricacies of the history unless you have a background in this area. If you are looking for a general understanding of the doctors, try Lifton's book, The Nazi Doctors. For more history of this type, try Death and Deliverance by Burleigh or The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code by Annas and Grodin. If you want to know about the experiments, go to a library and sift through the case of United States vs. Karl Brandt et al. (1947 - the Nuremberg "Doctors" Trial). This book is valuable to those initiated into the macabre studies of Hitler's Germany, but you might want to stay away if you're only a general reader.

Rating:
Summary: not for everyone
Review: This book is an exceptional survey of the development of a genocidal mentality among the doctors of the Third Reich. Of great interest to those doing research on this topic are the diaries of Nazi anatomist,Dr. Hermann Voss in Posen during the war. It demonstrates, among other things, a pervasive manichaean attitude that extended from Hitler on down- A tendency to view the world in all-or-nothing terms. The characters are largely repulsive (Dr. Friedrich Mennecke referring to victims as "portions")and it is sometimes hard to handle the intricacies of the history unless you have a background in this area. If you are looking for a general understanding of the doctors, try Lifton's book, The Nazi Doctors. For more history of this type, try Death and Deliverance by Burleigh or The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code by Annas and Grodin. If you want to know about the experiments, go to a library and sift through the case of United States vs. Karl Brandt et al. (1947 - the Nuremberg "Doctors" Trial). This book is valuable to those initiated into the macabre studies of Hitler's Germany, but you might want to stay away if you're only a general reader.

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Summary: Semi-descriptive book on Nazi bio-medical experimentation...
Review: While I have not purchased this book from Amazon.com, I have reviewed it at a local bookstore. The book itself speaks more on the psychiatric area of "Nazi-medicine" rather than on actual experimentation. For those interested in a more focused book on the Nazi's "bio-medical vision" they should read "The Nazi Doctors" by R.J. Lifton. It is an excellent and descriptive book, giving accounts from survivors. It is careful to give actual accounts instead of fabricated stories, at the same time not glorifying Nazi science. I disagree with the comment about this book being reviewed. In my personal opinion, it does not glorify Nazi science. I have read many books on this subject and say that this book deserves credit, but not enough for five stars.

Rating:
Summary: Semi-descriptive book on Nazi bio-medical experimentation...
Review: While I have not purchased this book from Amazon.com, I have reviewed it at a local bookstore. The book itself speaks more on the psychiatric area of "Nazi-medicine" rather than on actual experimentation. For those interested in a more focused book on the Nazi's "bio-medical vision" they should read "The Nazi Doctors" by R.J. Lifton. It is an excellent and descriptive book, giving accounts from survivors. It is careful to give actual accounts instead of fabricated stories, at the same time not glorifying Nazi science. I disagree with the comment about this book being reviewed. In my personal opinion, it does not glorify Nazi science. I have read many books on this subject and say that this book deserves credit, but not enough for five stars.