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Utopian World

A vision of an ideal society, which the Nazis aimed to create composed only of 'healthy organisms of vibrant Aryans'.

Eugenics

A set of beliefs and practices aimed at improving the genetic quality of a human population, which the Nazis adopted to justify their racial policies.

Racial Hygiene

Nazi ideology promoting the belief in maintaining the purity of the Aryan race through controlling reproduction and eliminating 'undesirable' members of society.

Social Darwinism

A theory that applied the ideas of natural selection to human society, often used to justify racism and imperialism.

The Law on Preventing Hereditary Diseased Progeny

A Nazi law enacted in 1933 that mandated involuntary sterilization of individuals with hereditary diseases.

Operation T-4

A covert program of euthanasia that resulted in the systematic killing of those deemed 'undesirable' by the Nazi regime.

Final Solution

The Nazi plan for the genocide of Jews during World War II, involving the extermination of millions in concentration camps.

Dr. Josef Mengele

A Nazi physician notorious for conducting inhumane experiments on twins and other prisoners at Auschwitz, known as the 'Angel of Death'.

Euthanasia

The practice of intentionally ending a person's life to relieve suffering; used by the Nazis to eliminate those they deemed unfit.

Nuremberg Trials

A series of military tribunals held after World War II to prosecute prominent leaders of Nazi Germany for war crimes.