On March 8, 1940, Eugen Fischer wrote a long, confidential letter to Otmar von Verschuer, director of the Institute for Genetic Biology and Race Hygiene at the University of Frankfurt at that time. In this letter Fischer expressed critique — and certainly also self-critique — about the scientific development of his institute since the mid-1930s.
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(2008). In the Realm of Opportunity: The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity and Eugenics during World War II, 1938/42–1945. In: The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, 1927–1945. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 259. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6600-9_5
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