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Crying Hands : Eugenics and Deaf People in Nazi Germany
author
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Biesold, Horst.
publisher
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Gallaudet University Press
isbn10 | asin
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print isbn13
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9781563680779
ebook isbn13
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9780585105925
language
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English
subject
Deaf--Government policy--Germany, Deafness--Germany, History of medicine, 20th century--Germany, Eugenics--Germany--History--20th century, Social Darwinism--Germany.
publication date
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1999
lcc
:
HV2748.B5413 1999eb
ddc
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362.4/2094309043
subject
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Deaf--Government policy--Germany, Deafness--Germany, History of medicine, 20th century--Germany, Eugenics--Germany--History--20th century, Social Darwinism--Germany.
Page iii
Crying Hands
Eugenics and Deaf People in Nazi Germany
Horst Biesold
Translation by William Sayers Introduction by Henry Friedlander
Gallaudet University Press Washington, D.C.
Page iv
Gallaudet University Press Washington, DC 20002
Originally published as Klagende Hnde, 1988 by Jarick Oberbiel, Solms, Germany.
All the photographs of schools for the deaf are used with permission from G. Lehmann, ed., Taubstummenunterricht und Taubstummen-Frsorge in Deutschen Reich (Dusseldorf, 1930). The author wishes to thank Hartmut Rauer for supplying reproductions of the original photographs.
1999 by Gallaudet University.
All rights reserved. Published 1999
Printed in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Biesold, Horst, 1939 [Klagende Hnde, English] Crying hands: eugenics and deaf people in Nazi Germany / Horst Biesold; translation by William Sayers; introduction by Henry Friedlander. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56368-077-7 (alk. paper) 1. DeafGovernment policyGermany. 2. DeafnessGermany. 3. History of medicine, 20th centuryGermany. 4. Eugenics GermanyHistory20th century. 5. Social DarwinismGermany. I. Title. HV2748.B5413 1999 362.4'2094309043dc2199-27291 CIP
Jacket and interior design by Dennis Anderson. The jacket art is from a woodcut entitled Crying Hands by David Ludwig Bloch, who has graciously granted permission for its use.
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.
Page v
Contents
Publisher's Introduction
vii
Preface to the German Edition
xi
Acknowledgments
xvii
Introduction
Henry Friedlander
1
1 From Social Darwinism to National Socialism
13
2 The Concept of Hereditary Deafness under National Socialism
28
3 Teacher-Collaborators
42
4 Forced Abortions
84
5 Deaf Collaboration: REGEDE
91
6 Deaf Resistance
109
7 The Jewish Deaf in Germany
130
8 Sterilization's Legacy
140
9 Euthanasia and Deaf Germans
160
Page vi
Appendix 1: The Questionnaire
171
Appendix 2: Questionnaire Data
175
Appendix 3: Documents Written by and in Support of Gertrud Jacob
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984.